On Thu, 29 May 2003 10:59:30 -0600 Kathy Wilson 
writes:
> 
> shoot, I'd argue the same thing for dogs... Inyuk has a variety of 
> vocalizations that mean distinctly different things,
> and he uses them to get results. He's got a "I'm frustrated, PLAY 
> WITH ME!!" yap that makes me insane... and the more
> friendly "Gosh its good to be alive!" yodel that never fails to get 
> a chortle of agreement. I know when he wants water
> as opposed to food, etc etc... I'm convinced he chooses his sounds. 
> (and why not - it's no different in the wild)

I guess the professors differentiate communication from language....

Of course, there are those that argue critters don't think.
Obviously haven't watched a squirrel work out a bird feeder.
Or don't feel emotionally -- =eye roll=

True, even we who know better anthropomorphize -- but a lot of that is
framing language in terminology WE understand.

ah well!



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But what life is without danger, really? [Jill Fredston, arctic
adventure's] father, Arthur Fredston, a courtly Manhattan attorney, was
walking near the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Her mother, Elinor Fredston, was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer almost
six years ago.... So, compared with terrorism and cancer, what's an
occasional polar bear? --Michael Ryan

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