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From a young age I listened to squirrels, I learned to copy it by putting my two front teeth on my bottom lip and inhaling strongly. They would make sound back at me while looking at me. I thought it was cute. I experimented and eventually learned if I did the same thing slowly and inhaled slowly they reacted more friendly. Eventually I did it enough where they stopped running away and eventually they would run up to me and communicate, then I figured out doing slow sounds the same way. They would run up on my shoulder. I have no idea what I was saying but I tried to project love. It worked. My friends used to call me the squirrel whisperer. I did all this without feeding them, but then I started to, and continued to speak to them. Wonderful thing is, I only fed them after they were comfortable towards me

This content is an eye opening. I’m a cat pets but I always thought that dogs are something special. I mean they can understand you when you’re communicating with them which is crazy if u think about it.

You know how certain sounds give you the chills and make your neck hair rise up? Or how some sounds make you feel good, others make you feel scared.... I think this is basically the way animals communicate. There is no logic behind their sounds that they first have to learn how to interpret. I think they know what those sounds mean bc they evoke an inate reaction in them. My mom used to tell me that when she was pregnant with me the sounds of some toys my sister had would make her gag. Not the smells, the sounds !! I think it's the same exact system with animals. We are the only ones with words that need to be deciphered. That's why I think we wont ever be able to understand animals. Their language - imo - is way more complex, if it actually works the way I think it does

I clicked for the comments. MY PET IS SO SMART AND I KNOW EVERYTHING SHE SAYS.

Your videos are truly well-crafted, and each time you explain even complex topics in a very straightforward manner. I hope to achieve the same in my videos. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dogs and cats communicate with us all of the time, it's us humans who miss the message. It's kinda silly for humans to still largely assume that all communication is verbal or auditory given even humans use sign language and nonverbals.

Whoever is reading this, I pray that whatever you’re growing through gets better and whatever you’re battling with makes your situation better as you’re continuing to be a better person each day. I have faith that you’ll turn out great as your circumstances will change. Have a fantastic day! You got this! 🤗💪🏼❤

I took an environmental ethics class a couple years ago and it was really eye opening for me. The most interesting thing to me was the idea of anthropocentrism which you kind of explained in this video. Its basically the idea that only humans possess intrinsic value, and the western world is dominated by it. The entire idea of anthropomorphism is also heavily reliant on an anthropocentric ideology because it essentially says that wants and emotions and even higher thinking to some degree are exclusive to humans. I personally believe we have no valid reason to think this way, as one of the main arguments for it is we cannot experience what other animals do so we have no reason to believe they have a similar experience, but we also cannot experience another humans life, yet (most) people would agree they are sentient like themselves because we communicate through our own languages. Its very exciting to see these advancements in communication with other animals because like you said it could hopefully lead to a complete paradigm shift and the way we treat our fellow organisms. Anyway sorry for the mini essay lol i just genuinely find this topic super fascinating and love hearing others takes on it!

I always felt like animals are like Pokémon, we just understand what they are communicating even if they don’t speak out language especially my Labrador I can tell what she want by her barks or eyes it’s crazy. As someone who loves animals I agree we must protect them and their ecosystem it’s not just our world it’s for all of us.

Communicating with aliens is going to impossible if we can't even understand a single species.

The writer really made a great job of this one, keep it up!

Yesterday my puppy was chilling in my living room while was watching movies. Not the first experience. But the first with him. He started moaning and chirping. I thought he was talking coz we recently came back from holiday and left him alone. Next thing he starts vomiting in the silent luckily we noticed and took care of it. But his signs were weird yesterday . I could communicate to my 14year old Staffordshire talk to him like a human. Died 2021 his wife still with us shes 11 years old and we got the new rottweiler mix boerboel puppy but after a year he's already standing over her

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There is also the complexity of short and long term memory and the lack there of in animals right? And what about the perception of time? Even if we could understand the language of animals, that is just one piece in the giant puzzle of communication with animals. And speaking of communication with animals, I swear my little papillon knows how to communicate with me through the way he blinks his eyes while we’re staring at each other. A slow blink means yes and to rapid blinks means no. His eyes are a beautiful green color and when he stares into my eyes it truly feels like he’s looking into my soul. He is such a unique, precious and adorable little K9

Humans are not the only smart animals, there are so many smart animals.

Communication it literally the right sounds that get us what we want.

Everyone who loves his/her pet can understand it❤️

Look how long it took to “abolish” slavery, I put it in “” because it still exists in many parts of the world and also has taken shape in different forms. Animals would have a HUGE nearly insurmountable obstacle to overcome if we could readily speak with them.

Great videos as always 😌

You speak about animal "sentience" but all the animals shown are known to be sentient... they feel pain. The ability to think like us and feel emotions and such is known as Sapience, which is a step above sentience.

A few random notes alongside the video from a random dog trainer who loves behavior. Chaser is a well-documented dog that can recall the names of over 1000 objects. Dog’s best “sense” is their nose. To compare their strengths, I once heard a great analogy using vision, our greatest sense. What we would see clearly at 1/3 of a mile, they would see just as clearly at over 3000 miles. They smell in parts be million (arguably up to trillion). This is also the reason it’s important to let them use their nose when you can. It’s the best source of stimulation they will ever get! We can communicate with dogs. We understand the function of many of their behaviors. This is the study of Ethology (my foundation). Learning these foundations can skyrocket your communication and quality of life with your furry friend. You noticed I mentioned “function”, not purpose. This is because we understand in which it’s contexts different behaviors are displayed. The purpose is subjective and therefore unverifiable. By observing their many body language signals and vocalizations we can better understand them. Leading to more win-win experiences together. MORE BELOW

The ramifications presented in this video is GROUNDBREAKING

Notification popped up while i’m out with my dog lol

Nice vid man! Keep it up:)

good one!

Thank you.

I recommend the philosopher David Abram and ecology of language.

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Awesome video - thank you! You're right about people talking a lot about anthropomorphism (especially when they want to rationalize doing horrible things to non human animals), but would you consider doing a video that dives deeper into what anthropomorphism actually is? Sure, it's assigning uniquely human characteristics to non human beings, but what are those "uniquely human characteristics" anyway? Are there any at all? Do we know FOR A FACT there are any thoughts, behaviors, etc. that only humans display? Thanks for considering. -J

My dogs are not the sharpest. They still outsmart me several times a day. Pretty sure the dogs and I understand eachother better than the wife and I most of the time ;-)

there is many barriers, one of the first is accepting that bugs belong in the animals ...

The dog would literally ask you to just let it free lol.

There were Filipino comics about the relationship between intelligent Chickens and humans. In this comic, the Humans are genocide against the Chickens as the Chickens are being increasing intelligent. That is shocking comics.

If you could explain to your pet that you have to work and leave them all day, to earn money to spend on things to survive....and to spend just a little bit of time at home with them out of it all, im sure they would feel bad for us being slaves in our own world.

I have been awoken by deer or cows alike whilst staying out overnight in ooen planes or forest. Trust me .they kmow when you dont belong and may lemd a helping hand. As in, it to below freezing that night around 18°F. I guess they knew i was cold is the moral of the story. I woke up 6 am still dark outside and shit loads of cows nestled carefully around me blocking the wind and keepinge warm by there nody heat😂

Here's a comment to boost the algorithm, but damn are you changing it up fairly often, trying to get it seen

Just remember: Never talk to the squirrels.

😮 wow

How come I can watch your videos on background ? I don’t have a premium YT though.

Dogssssss

Would be cool to tell the cow what sauces I’m going to put on it before I turn it into a steak

How come?

What if you could make a thumbnail without using midjourney ??

What if every major species on Earth has its own unique *sapience* , one that we will never understand... until we can understand their words? In some ways, Earth is an alien planet unto itself.

My dogs effectively communicate with me, people need to learn to read their body language and head movements

You can communicate as it is it’s just not with words now about that monkey who learned another way is not that important

I feel I was tricked by the title of the video

I am pretty sure I can communicate with cats, not really as with humans, but I teach them to understand short phrases like "food time!", "follow me", "no, don't do that", "you want me to pet you?"... but it's not foolproof of course. We are different beings, and I respect animals quite a lot. I don't think any living being deserves to be killed in ways that humans kill animals, inhumanely and especially in those horrible "meat factories", so called "meat farms". That should be banned. We don't need that much meat at all, and at least 80% is just wasted.

animal communicators have already achieve this...

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You think I would think twice about eating meat just cuz I can talk to the animal? Thats hilarious🤣 You think lions care about a buffalo’s feelings as they kill & eat said buffalo? If I want to eat beef, I’ll eat beef. Maybe pay my respects but it’s not like I’ll meet the animal when it was alive

oof, if we could understand the language of animals, we would get an ass chewing. Then there is them learning about foreknowledge of eventual death and mid-life crisis's.

With AI coming animals will soon be able to talk. This is now a certainty.

bro from were you get shot for your videos??

bro is broken now

What about your cat?

I think a way more important question to ask would be: “What if we would communicate with the animals we eat and use every day without even thinking about their suffering?”

I swear dogs are our endorphin cuddle slaves, we feed them rat pellets and then say we love them more than people. Wack.

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Do you use AI for your thubnails?

Communication is not our distinct trate it's imagination wtf

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Nice originality with the AI generated thumbnail 👌

To be honest do most humans know the real meaning of words? Ill be the first to addmit that i dont.

My dog is “trans”, and does not identify as a dog! Her pronoun is human! She makes fun videos!🙈🤠

if your pet had intelligence, it would cease the dysfunction relationship with humans. wild animals know better than to trust evil beings

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I find your videos intriguing, but I've learned something... Your fan base can't spell at all.

This content is an eye opening. I’m a cat pets but I always thought that dogs are something special. I mean they can understand you when you’re communicating with them which is crazy if u think about it.