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Praxius · Jun 15, 2007, 11:39 am

Has anybody ever considdered exactly how animals communicate with one another?

Some considder how they communicate as primitive.... basic signals and commands to one another.... for survival alone.....

But what if it was much more then that?

One day I was waiting for the bus to work, and there was a sparrow singing a certain tune in the tree..... once completed with the tune, I heard almost immediatly another Sparrow across the street, deep in the woods make the same tune...... When he/she was completed, another one off in the other direction (In a triangular position with one another) sing the same tune.....

Once one sang, then the next, and then the other..... never at the same time, and always in the same pattern (Bird A, to Bird B, to Bird C, back to Bird A.)

However, once I heard Bird B stop singing and miss the cycle.... Bird A change tune and repeated this tune until Bird B responded back in the original tune, then Bird C continued, and Bird A went back to the original tune.

What if the sounds animals make, such as the tunes birds sing, are much like an internet Modem..... it all sounds like one sound, and yet a paticular message is being sent in that sound that we don't reconize with our own understanding?

What if the sound they produce is more of an emotional connection to the message they are trying to send out? In other words, it's like singing a paticular tune.... it reaches the other bird's ear..... and that one or two tunes holds pretty much everything the other was thinking.... like a quick telepathic link?

Much like when one of us mumbles something like "uh-huh" ~ We know this means "Yes.... but not too enthusiastic about the yes."

We as humans seemed to be more paticular about what sounds and signals we send one another..... but what if animals have it in a much simpiler yet more complex way of communicating compared to us?

Think about the noises Dolphins and Killer Whales, etc make..... they're a bunch of squeeks and squaks to us..... but to them, they can have what seems as an entire conversation with one another and yet it all sounds the same to us. They are considdered by humans as being quite intelligent, in fact they say Dolphins can be almost as intelligent as us, if not more.

Opinions?

Jun 15, 2007, 11:39 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
Praxius Mass'Debator Posts: 4,724	Animals and How they Communicate: Has anybody ever considdered exactly how animals communicate with one another? Some considder how they communicate as primitive.... basic signals and commands to one another.... for survival alone..... But what if it was much more then that? One day I was waiting for the bus to work, and there was a sparrow singing a certain tune in the tree..... once completed with the tune, I heard almost immediatly another Sparrow across the street, deep in the woods make the same tune...... When he/she was completed, another one off in the other direction (In a triangular position with one another) sing the same tune..... Once one sang, then the next, and then the other..... never at the same time, and always in the same pattern (Bird A, to Bird B, to Bird C, back to Bird A.) However, once I heard Bird B stop singing and miss the cycle.... Bird A change tune and repeated this tune until Bird B responded back in the original tune, then Bird C continued, and Bird A went back to the original tune. What if the sounds animals make, such as the tunes birds sing, are much like an internet Modem..... it all sounds like one sound, and yet a paticular message is being sent in that sound that we don't reconize with our own understanding? What if the sound they produce is more of an emotional connection to the message they are trying to send out? In other words, it's like singing a paticular tune.... it reaches the other bird's ear..... and that one or two tunes holds pretty much everything the other was thinking.... like a quick telepathic link? Much like when one of us mumbles something like "uh-huh" ~ We know this means "Yes.... but not too enthusiastic about the yes." We as humans seemed to be more paticular about what sounds and signals we send one another..... but what if animals have it in a much simpiler yet more complex way of communicating compared to us? Think about the noises Dolphins and Killer Whales, etc make..... they're a bunch of squeeks and squaks to us..... but to them, they can have what seems as an entire conversation with one another and yet it all sounds the same to us. They are considdered by humans as being quite intelligent, in fact they say Dolphins can be almost as intelligent as us, if not more. Opinions?