1 Animal Play and Animal Communication by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen
Kids and Animals Playing 2
Amazing Animals SNEEZING PANDA: SPIDERS ON DRUGS: TORTOISES: 3
Which came first, the chicken, or the egg? 4
More Amazing Animals ANIMAL POWER MOVES: CRAZY HONEY BADGER (CONTAINS BAD LANGUAGE): 5
Fish and Birds 6
Birds LYRE BIRD: 7
Cats 8
Wake Up Cat If you are a cat lover, do you recognize these behaviors? 9
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Cats LOLCAT BIBLE: SAD CAT DIARY: 11
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Nora’s CATcerto 14
Animals Helping…and Being Helped 15
Cats and Dogs CINDERELLA ANIMALS—IF THE SHOE FITS…: CATS VS. DOGS PLAYING: 16
Cats and Dogs 17
Dogs LONELY DOGS TUCK THEMSELVES INTO BED: 18
Cats, Dogs & Babies 19
Personified Dog 20
Dogs and Photo Bombing 21
Dogs, Cats & Children 22
Ducks 23
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Duck Photography 25
Cat and Mouse Cat Leisure 26
Cats Reading and Sleeping 27
Animal Doppelgangers 28
Grumpy Cat! 29
Grumpy Cat lives in Phoenix, Arizona people came to get their pictures taken with Grumpy Cat. This event was at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona.
Mummy Cat Why were cats revered in Egypt? 31
Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes 32
Rhinoceros Why are rhinos becoming extinct? 33
Thelma and Louise: The Movie The Two-Headed Turtle 34
Warning! 35
36 DO ANIMALS HAVE “LANGUAGE?” No animals learn a human-type language. However, some animal languages are impressive:
37 “TALKING” ANIMALS: ants bees (Von Frisch) birds (Alcock): parrots and cockatiels (Patterson) bovines canines equines (Clever Hans) felines (Nilsen cat) fish: dolphins (Lilly) primates (Vikki-Hayes, Koko-Patterson, Warshow- Gardners, Lana, Nim Chimsky-Terrace, Sarah- Thomas/Church)
38 ANIMAL LANGUAGE: Attacking Baring Throat Body Coloring and Shape Calls Chuttering Facial Expression Giving Off Pheromones Singing Tail Slapping Tail Wagging Dancing (Round, Tail-wagging, Sickle) Whistling
Lizards: Hungry and InLove 39
40 ANIMAL MESSAGES: Attention Come Defiance Dominance Food Friendship Go Mimicry (for deception and for bonding) Protection (camouflage, assistance, misleading enemies…) Sex Territory
Animal Politics 41
Rabbit vs. Snake: 42
43 BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp & Smith 663)
44 BEES’ TAIL-WAGGING DANCE (Kemp and Smith 664)
Cat Shape Shifters 45
46 HUMAN-LANGUAGES AMONG ANIMALS: AMESLAN Computers Creations: “Sugar Fruit,” “Finger Bracelet” Magnetic Chips Yerkish NOTE: Some mother primates have taught sign language to their daughters; is this like Planet of the Apes?
47 WASHOE SIGNING “TICKLE” (Kemp and Smith 671)
48 SARAH’S SYMBOLS (Kemp and Smith 672)
49 YERKISH LEXIGRAMS (Kemp and Smith 672)
Animals Communicating Hotness: 50
Talking Dog: 51
52 LOL Cats and “Kitty Pidgin”
53 Li’l LOL Cat
54 LOL Cats Fighting
55 LOLrus
Dolphins DOLPHIN BUBBLES: 56
57 Monorail LOL Cat
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59 Capitalist LOL Cat
60 LOL Cat with Invisible Bike
61 LOL Cat with Invisible Football
62 LOL Cat with Invisible Sandwich
63 See! I told you so!
The Great Chain of Being 64
Happy Birthday Elephants 65
Point of View: Pug Factory Vampire Bats—Upside Down 66
Animal Anticipation: 67
Animal Action: 68 So be always be on the lookout for animal play!
69 Humans TRICK PLAY IN FOOTBALL:
Come to Australia: Deadly Animals Version: 70