Do animals have languages?

[lippy 775]

So this has been on my mind for a while. If I was to grab a cat from South America...Or China, whatever, and take it to the US - Would he be able to communicate with the other cats, or would he be meowing in Chinese? Would the American cats shun their new aquaintance because he spoke a different language or would they work to understand each other? Would male cats be more sexually attractive to female cats of other races?

Or are cats just cats? Please discuss

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[Mayberry 0]

I want some of that stuff!!

Don

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[ExAFO 0]

I've a friend who owns a German Shepherd Dog that was trained in Germany, and only responds to commands "Auf Deutsch."

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[namgrunt 0]

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I've a friend who owns a German Shepherd Dog that was trained in Germany, and only responds to commands "Auf Deutsch."

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[kbordson 8]

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I've a friend who owns a German Shepherd Dog that was trained in Germany, and only responds to commands "Auf Deutsch."

But that's dogs learning Human languages. I think he was wondering if "Cat" language has differences. I bet when they put new animals together in habitats at the zoo... there is some adjustment. But I don't know if it would include learning a new "language"

[lippy 775]

Somebody's gotta know something about this!

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[waltappel 1]

Cats only know, "I want" and "Fuck you!". Those are universally understood.

Walt

[Andrewwhyte 1]

i read something about songbird dialects once that definitely suggested that there was geographic differences within a species; but that's birds.

[MikeJD 0]

Communication between cats is almost completely non-verbal anyway, and I guess it's older than any human languages. You see them looking into each others' eyes, touching noses and stuff, but most of it is probably too subtle for us to pick up. You'll hardly ever hear cats 'speak' to each other - usually it only happens when they're angry.

They talk to us all the time, of course. I think they must realise that they have to spell things out! And although it's not our language, they do use different sounds to communicate different things. Don't know how much of that is natural, and how much is learned by the way we react to to the various noises.

[popsjumper 2]

RE: Walt's post.
Cats is cats and they all suck.
Roadkill makes a good pet. No trouble at all...and cheap.

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[MikeJD 0]

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Roadkill makes a good pet. No trouble at all...and cheap.

But after a short while, even smellier than dogs.