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Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:09:53 -1000
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Great email!

At 05:17 AM 12/2/2005, you wrote:
>its bin documented that non-human animals hav ways of communicating with
>eachother.  even chickens hav actual words, (I guess, scientists call them
>“calls”), for all the different preditors.  so, in affect, a chicken can
>say, “IN COMING!”
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>dogs hav dun a much better job of learning OUR language than we have,
>theirs!  & actually, I 4got the “words” I learned!  they hav “grammer” I
>guess!  they never use certain words next to others…  I only know the “let’s
>play” posture.  & I guess every1 knows wat exposing yor belly means…  but I
>don’t remember the doggie sounds.
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>for CATS, “meow” is also a word, with meaning.  suposedly it means, “I wanna
>b yor friend, but don’t hurt me.”  “MEE,” of course, means, “I wanna b
>friends.”  & “ow” naturally means, “but u won’t hurt me, will u?  cause if u
>do, I’m letting u no that I’ll defend myself.”
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>we probly recognize som language of higher animals, unconsciously.  we all
>no wat a growl or a hiss means.  we no wen a dog is saying “”why u
>bleerer-bleepin’ no good so & so!”  We use the exact same inflection wen
>we’re getting’ ready to take a bite outta somebody’s GOOGLE-GOGGLE!  & 4 us,
>a sound like “ow,” is also associated with getting hurt!  (“mee” is a more
>friendly sound.)
>weev long considered other anamals2 b, I guess, 1 step above…….  car parts?
>:)
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>BIRDS can think & reason.  they can even speak 2 us in ENGLISH, & understand
>wat they’re saying.  they no their COLORS, SHAPES, & TEXTURSE, they can
>COUNT & use “complex” logic wen MAKING TOOLS.
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>& of course, chimpanzees can b taught human sign language.
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>hav u guys herd of COCOA the golilla?  wen cocoa’s pet cat died, she cried
>all night.  wen a stranger did something that upset her, she went & hid
>behind a curtain…..  wen her “teacher” asked wat was wrong, cocoa signed, “I
>wanted to bite him.”  but cocoa didn’t bite anyone.  do these “people” sound
>like
>“car parts” to u?  :)
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>even I, am still amazed wen I see a pussycat open the bathroom door, (by
>jumping up & turning the knob,” & goin in & turning on the water & taking a
>drink!  I can’t help it!  om just a STOOPID human!  :)
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> >From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy
> >Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:33:54 -0500
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> >  I really believe dogs have a way of talking to eachother
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> >Once when we were visiting Janet's parents, and I was walking him, there
> >was
> >this HUGE dog behind a four foot chain-link fence that started barking and
> >snarling, and Carhartt got between me and the other dog, and barked, which
> >he
> >rarely does.  The other dog's "bark must have been worse than his bite,"
> >because
> >he stopped barking, and went back by the house.=20

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