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magical thyme

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28. no they are not

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:27 AM

Mar 2012

Because I live with birds, dogs, a cat and a horse, and have had animals in my life most all my life, I KNOW how smart they are. Very, very smart. Smarter than most of the people I know, for sure.

How many people speak or understand *any* animal languages in their own language? Not many.

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Minds of their Own - Animals are smarter than you think. [View all] xchrom Mar 2012 OP

Alex was pretty damned amazing arcane1 Mar 2012 #1

Earth abides Godot51 Mar 2012 #14

My dog Chilli talks to me all the time. But I can not understand her. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #34

... Scuba Mar 2012 #2

That's really neat. lob1 Mar 2012 #4

Cool article. Thanks! Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #3

Meet Chaser pokerfan Mar 2012 #5

I saw that special! get the red out Mar 2012 #8

Marking for later Lucky Luciano Mar 2012 #6

humans are animals too (nt) varelse Mar 2012 #7

EXACTLY! Moostache Mar 2012 #22

I couldn't have said it better. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #25

Maybe our successors will varelse Mar 2012 #45

Yup, my parrots ADM me "talk" regularly nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #9

I have a sun conure, a cockateil and an african grey Mojorabbit Mar 2012 #11

We used to have a cockatiel nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #16

if you were to watch Orcas you'd get the same feel onethatcares Mar 2012 #10

I swear my cat can hear me think Skittles Mar 2012 #12

Mine can read the calendar. hamsterjill Mar 2012 #36

yes, my Riff Raff reads a calendar too! Skittles Mar 2012 #38

Precious!!!!! hamsterjill Mar 2012 #39

Ha! Hawkowl Mar 2012 #46

I tell you Hawkowl Skittles Mar 2012 #47

I have a dog that's half border collie Vattel Mar 2012 #13

Border collies are considered the smartest canine breed. nt tblue37 Mar 2012 #23

Growing up, my mom and I adopted a gorgeous truedelphi Mar 2012 #15

We have an African Grey Parrot, Sammy. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #31

Oh too I have dreamt about a society where the truedelphi Mar 2012 #32

Obviously they're intelligent, no animal has ever voted Repukelican...nt joeybee12 Mar 2012 #17

Are you implying that they have voted for democrats? hootinholler Mar 2012 #20

Probably in Illinois they have. nt. harmonicon Mar 2012 #24

Here is the Amazing Skidboot, some say the smartest dog in the world. crunch60 Mar 2012 #18

Thanks for that, a beautiful story. AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2012 #29

Love Texas Country Reporter. ceile Mar 2012 #30

What a good dog. Thanks for posting snagglepuss Mar 2012 #37

Does anyone know if it's possible that two parrots can speak and understand each other bloomington-lib Mar 2012 #19

I don't know about parrots, but I read somewhere that chimps who have been taught sign language aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #21

And we all know where that leads, don't we? bluedigger Mar 2012 #26

Coyotes teach their young to avoid traps. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #27

no they are not magical thyme Mar 2012 #28

One night, back when my spoue was in school most nights, truedelphi Mar 2012 #33

I think a cat saved my life. They have deep instincts. crunch60 Mar 2012 #40

Wow. Great stories from many here. Kaleko Mar 2012 #42

That is one awesome story. Thanks for telling it to us. truedelphi Mar 2012 #44

And they laugh. jtuck004 Mar 2012 #35

When I was a kid I'd observe the family dog for sometimes up to an hour or two Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #41

It must be terrible to not be able to speak or write English. Trillo Mar 2012 #43

That was delightful! Thank you so much for sharing it here! BeHereNow Mar 2012 #48