Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop

[@VideoDanielful]

Damn self-centered crabs only talking about themselves.

[@Mac-eg5fv]

They are so shelf-ish! :-D

[@violante11]

Kkkkkk

[@VLAD-yu6ul]

Daniel Valencia “I LIKE MONEY” - MrKrabs

[@markgable1280]

Daniel Valencia hi

[@Evija3000]

Sometimes I feel like most people are crabs.

[@baconofthedarkside]

but what if an alien looks at our language and says it is not a language because it is missing one of the features of their language?

[@expoldingcabon8750]

Anyway, our language is enough for carbon-based life like you and me to communicate XD

[@vicanama3609]

True

[@Amphitera]

that's exactly why science from the humanocentric angle is always flawed.

[@mohammed7140]

But he didn't say that animals doesn't have language .

[@driversetup6483]

BaconOfTheDarkSide oh ya haha

[@mikyathomas217]

The art style of the video reminds me of Roald Dahl's books.

[@vietthangho9262]

Micael Ferreira Oops, found a scam!

[@the1andonlytitch]

Michael Ferreira definitely not clicking that link

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

The two replies are about a scam. Too bad, because this comment is good.

[@haharmageddontv6581]

So... they're Quentin Blake style?

[@andyandanadraws]

Ikr

[@pablix_]

I knew that crabs were shellfish but not selfish.

[@jahrocky1860]

I like that pun 😂

[@zontiky]

the crab from moana was selfish though...

[@farzanaakhter6841]

Bro I love puns and punsters.😜🤪

[@jamesross1431]

Ha ha

[@remminyburg28]

I could correct you by saying, "*crustacean" but I'm not going to because the pun is funny XD

[@bananian]

Bees talk about food. Prairie Dogs talk about predators. Humans meme.

[@gingergamergirl98]

But only the dankest of memes

[@cinnamonmon5561]

Foooooood!! 😍sparkle sparkle😍

[@goop0d]

bananian I talk about food ALL THE TIME and I'm 95% sure that I'm a human...

[@judyhopps9657]

You forgot two: Bunnies talk about carrots Nick talks about blueberries

[@thestriker2529]

Judy Hopps Don't bring furry cancer here.

[@Aurora59730]

Do animals have accents?

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

Ducks do.

[@BlinkyLass]

+Stephaney Gangadin Accents that are due to learning (rather than genes) are found in a lot of mammals and birds.

[@MrAnimebuster]

+The Scientist Hahah you see that at "did you know"

[@adammcknight9989]

+Stephaney Gangadin wild Orcas do. different orcas from different oceans have been known to make sounds differently, however an Orca "tribe" or family has its own language, and also have different "accents"

[@timothygermakovski4909]

they do

[@miumiu5206]

Who the hell dislikes knowledge?!

[@purebaldness]

+Fiinsk the ignorant I guess

[@RokuRG]

+Fiinsk A crab.

[@gnouveli]

a human

[@ldekker97]

Republicans lol

[@diegopizano616]

Lol, I meant to write "blind" in my first comment XD

[@bluepearl_22]

Imagine the only way human beings could communicate with each other was through dance. Life would immediately become 100 times more hilarious.

[@Yusuf-ke5iu]

For us of course. Them, not so much

[@manahil558]

So, it means No Obesity!🤣

[@jeremymunene5304]

Lol Michael Jackson would be king in that world 🤣

[@cuhpimp8084]

Well it wouldn't be hilarious cause it would be normal

[@torinjones3221]

Except it would be normal so wouldn't be funny. Is it funny that people make sounds with their mouths?

[@derpygrenade4517]

What If animals tried to talk to us, but they gave up thinking we're too stupid...

[@firstnamelastname9824]

They would watch us more and imitate our actions (such as a raccoon watching you take something apart/put it together and try to copy it and learn how it works

[@husbandofyourcreator9201]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@manuchulliat]

They probably already do.

[@natemcgough9223]

Ever heard the phrase “So long, and thanks for all the fish”

[@mrdoompy785]

There’ll be a few that still try Sike u thick

[@l.j.2917]

Of course they have language! The dogs in my neighborhood be having a whole conversation with each other 😂

[@lox1844]

@@306Bloodline pp Is

[@cuhpimp8084]

@Sara Cole yo that's cool

[@dave23024]

I used to have a parrot that would talk nice to lure me to his cage and then he'd charge at me when I got close. He knew what he was doing.

[@tacitozetticci9308]

@Sara Cole I guess this guy had some seriously funny reactions. Parrots love that but yeah, more often than not, people end up accidentally reinforcing bad behaviours like screaming and biting.

[@BlazeBluetm35]

"after all, we are all animals" thank you, now i can show this to anyone who says "er no, we are humans not animals".

[@HigherPlanes]

+Blaze Blue Whereby man differs from the lower animals is little, most people throw it away

[@Tamizushi]

+Chubira Chu I guess a human excetionalist would argue that we are our own special category, although I'd disagree with them.

[@josephang9927]

Animal is a term we invented to differ ourselves from other organisms.

[@josephang9927]

In science and biology, we are animals. In other contexts,mlikemlegal and social, we are not.

[@jktomas]

+Joseph Ang Correct. But once I knew a guy who didn't believe in me when I said that humans are animals. He even went to the biology teacher and asked her this question in hope to prove me wrong. He was 8 years old though, so was I. :) Imagine his disappointment when he learned the obvious. I wouldn't imagine a grown man saying the same thing though.

[@Dark89Avenger]

Wow, crabs are such narcissists

[@ramsblr1]

yup,because they talk about themselves.

[@chiararotondi245]

I knew it since Spongebob Squarepants.

[@davids1854]

Yeah they are

[@blabla-rg7ky]

h4 fan detected :)

[@rukshanacheema4131]

the answer is of course yes, Because humans are also animals -_-

[@christyprice1798]

Wrong but I understand what you mean. Humans are mammals not animals.

[@lilyophelia5814]

@@christyprice1798 is a mammal not a type of animal?

[@jahnos581]

lily ophelia It is and @christy price yea humans are animals. A living organism comprising of organ systems and a brain. Animals.

[@christyprice1798]

@@jahnos581 then why aren't we called animals?

[@sheepwithcorpsepaint8710]

christy price Because humans separated themselves from animals (I think because we are more advanced and stuff). But we are still animals, just a different species.

[@arielgaray302]

Anyone else laughed when the chickens were talking and what they were talking about? 😂😂

[@mhatreM_infinity]

Oscar level Animation

[@SidVacant69]

Nothing like a good conversation about being turned into food

[@AustinTexas6thStreet]

My cat definitely talks some serious shit when he gets hungry or agitated!! The human standard is Not the Only way to measure things!! Even with our language, only around 7% of what we say is actually conveyed in the words we use. The majority of our communications are in things like tone and non-verbal clues... Even though my cat just meows and things like that, I can genuinely understand several different things he "says" based on context clues, tone, body language etc!! I can usually tell what he is communicating!! And he 100% definitely uses more verbal sounds (meows etc) than he would in Nature because he totally does understand that WE communicate verbally and he understands that's how he needs to try to communicate with me!! He does the best he can with the limitations he has but he understands how to convey what he wants from me!! They are so smart it's crazy....

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Dragon 9 No, cats do seem to be quite good at comunicating, they use difrent tones, gestures, body language, etc

[@manuel5114]

Nah, it's not true that only 7% of what we say is conveyed in the words we use. For example, everything you just said conveyed a lot of information, and it was all conveyed in words. I can growl, bark or scream, but I won't be able to convey the information that I would convey by uttering the phrase 'I want to invest on real estate in China in 2019'. Well, you cat can't say what I just said. That's because, regardless of how awesomely smart cats can be, they lack language.

[@daevranni6546]

Your cat may actually have developed a specific laguage for you alone. I notice cats use different signals for the same thing to different people in the same family. It's also mentioned at the end of this article: www.thecut.com/2015/04/your-cat-is-trying-to-talk-to-you.html

[@metro_mutt]

Hello chicken owner here, they have their own unique language where certain noises mean different things and they have a wide variety of them. My one girl does velociraptor noises(not sure what that one means yet) I have never heard any other chickens make a sound exactly like it, she often commonly purrs and has different forms of chatters or complaints. The calls for alarm sound alike but are slightly different; for instance if its a false alarm and she wants attention, just laid a egg, saw a aerial predator, or a terrestrial predator! When a chicken hears a egg song all the others will yell with that one chicken too in what I like to call a "Sympathy pain call" even roosters will do it. I believe its more to let them know they are there but its something that i still find interesting

[@AnimeArtest1]

i hope this is satire

[@shreyaaashree]

did you eat her?

[@Merto6]

So what is the next step in language development? What would a superior alien's language have that we don't?

[@mattthorne8419]

Maybe smell and vision. Basically I see and at fall of a bridge then a week later I can show you what I saw.(with out using a computer) or what it smelt like

[@Merto6]

+matt THORNE so some kind of telepathy?

[@galacticgrandmas]

Probably words that can communicate color.

[@Ghost00117]

+Julliete Blackwood (The Blue Mermaid) Why just colour? The words could alter the senses of whomever your speaking to, to the point that their mind believes that their body is physically in the situation you are describing. I wonder what learning a subject like calculus would be like if language was that powerful?

[@Michael-xm4ux]

telepathy accordingly to many alien abductees

[@levi12howell]

It seems to me that we've created such strict stipulations for language so that no other creatures communications will fill all points and we remain unique. It seems to me language among non human animals would be any type of symbolic communication. If that's our definition then it seems language occurs in any animal that exists in a community. The more intelligent the animal the more complex the language

[@asekuvena]

Monogrammar seems the most logical option. The simplest possible language is a monogrammar ☝ language 📜. The grammar rule ➊ of a sentence existing is all the grammar needed. 😆 Directly translating a monogrammar ☝ language 📜 into the non-monogrammar ❌☝ languages 📜📜📜 humans 👥👥👥👥 have results in gibberish 😵‍💫. Thus, in order to translate a monogrammar ☝ language 📜, you need to know a monogrammar ☝ language 📜. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, the point is, it is useful for AI 🤖, as it is modular, and easy to start learning. It can also be used as a reference for understanding common human languages. 😆

[@TheiLame]

Thats how humans define their language. Of course nonhumans dont have same type of language.

[@lawrencestone960]

So Is math a language? I feel like it follows all 4 of those criteria.

[@proton8689]

yes it's classified as a universal language

[@gokmensrt]

Math is the language of the universe.

[@yahya-s-ahmed]

Yes of course maths is a language of science.. Go read the very first page of concepts of physics by HC VERMA ..... Great author

[@chrisp.9385]

I don't speak math

[@user-dp9ky9io3t]

The only thing I know about math is I hate it

[@Mxlsptlk]

The radio show I heard about Prairie Dogs mentioned that, in tests, they could invent new words to describe something they had never seen before. That is rarely seen in animals. They lack displacement, but their current location and the current time are the most important things to them.

[@logenvestfold4143]

The video stated prairie dogs do have displacement.

[@pranaykothari803]

yes, but prairie dogs still lack productivity and secreteness?

[@loriefranceschi2590]

The premise of this video is not correct. The narrative tells us that by human standards no other animal has a language. The problem is that we are superimposing our system of language on to another creature. this is the same as studying a tribe in the Rain Forest and deciding that they are not civilized because they do not have electricity. It may not be a great example, but hopefully you get the idea. when we meet a race of spacefaring creatures, they may think that we have no language, because we do not communicate in the same manner as they. How can we determine if other animals have a language without completely knowing their means of communication? It is like going to country that speaks another language and unless you are fluent in that country's language and trying to form a sentence that makes all grammatical sense to that person. Most of us can not do that. We need to memorize certain words and phrases and bring along our little cross language dictionary. Three examples of creatures that we know a lot about but can not communicate to them in their style, are the other primates, canines and felines. We can say the same thing with the cetaceans. We are like children learning our parents way of communicating and still making silly sounds and every once in a while making a noise or gesture that makes sense to our parents.

[@svitrimagnusson8728]

+Lorie Franceschi Language and communication aren't the same thing. Language exhibits specific properties mentioned in the video, while a communication system is something more arbitrary.

[@loriefranceschi2590]

+Svitri Magnusson You are putting a human value on language which might just be wrong.

[@IAmTheMathGirlNow]

+Lorie Franceschi The point of the video was "Do any animals have language comparable to humans?" And the answer was no. The question was distinctly about human style language, not generic communication methods (which would be a different and longer topic).

[@loriefranceschi2590]

+Peter Thomas they are trying to put a human language value on other animals. You can not do that and expect to get any answer close to what we think of as language. again my question is, can any of us speak in any other animal's language? No we can not. We can teach other primates and cetaceans who to do basic communication skills, but they are learning our language not us learning theirs. Do not put our way of thinking on any subject on to any animal besides our own species. Science is just not done in that method. if you speak another human language, you know that the way its grammar is put together it totally different than English. So how can we, as humans, know if another animal has a language that has grammar and syntax when the hundreds of human languages do not even match each other in the way they are put together. In English we put the adjectives in front of the noun. In the Romance languages, the noun goes in front of the adjective. How do we know if the other animals do not have a different style of putting their adjectives with their nouns? We can not know because we do not speak their language. Quit trying to put a human face on animal language it will not work and you will be laughed off the stage if you tried to put this in front of an audience of animal scientists.

[@IAmTheMathGirlNow]

Most animals do not have anything close to language, even if they have the ability to communicate. Just rematch the video, language is different to communication. Yes, there's a lot of research on a lot of things to do with animal language, some could be quite complex, others have bits and pieces but aren't anywhere close. Even IF we find any animals with language, almost ALL of them don't have it. Also, we understand human language quite fucking well, the entire study of linguistics is based on it. The last two thirds of your last response is assuming we don't know anything about human languages, or at the very least that we haven't extrapolated from it. Seriously, give science more credit than that.

[@popalupa4844]

I think there's another feature of language that you forgot: double articulation - using meaningless sounds to create meaningful words.

[@thomasharlovic7470]

Example?

[@popalupa4844]

Tom H Well, /k/, /æ/, and /t/ don't have any meaning on their own, but you can put them together to make the word 'cat' which does have a meaning. With animals, most sounds and units of body language have their own meaning, and you can't put them together to make more complex meanings. A dog's growl usually expresses anger or superiority, and a whimper usually expresses fear, inferiority, or a want. So each sound has it's own meaning, and you can't put them together.

[@42Fossy]

Interesting!

[@ninjak13]

I am a linguistics student and every class talks about 7 different features (around that much I think). I'm kinda mad because the video oversimplified the features and now everyone here is acting like they came up with a groundbreaking idea when there are many other details to take into account. Of course animals have features of language in many cases, but the fact that they don't have all of them means that they have a COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, which is nothing like language. People really need to get educated before making outlandish claims.

[@sunarikulathunge317]

my spanish teacher is a prodigy in tht thing!!!

[@lindsey8856]

didn't know taylor swift hunted prairie dogs

[@Adenosene]

dolphins be like - "asl?"

[@UshioKiss]

+jitesh pabla American Sign Language?

[@francoearllacno4274]

+UshioKiss age sex location

[@eplabrador5024]

3m Pacific Ocean

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Technically, we can't say an infinite number of things with a finite number of letters and a finite amount of time. We could say a whole lot, though.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

***** That's why I said with a finite amount of time.

[@UshioKiss]

+Shawn Ravenfire It's more about the possibility to say anything.

[@lelis8344]

Shawn Ravenfire

[@CuongNguyen250690]

Shawn Ravenfire if you limit the time, then there is no difference between infinite and finite set of characters. It is cheating

[@bills1377]

I was literally thinking this.

[@snowleopard9463]

Dolphin: speaks animal jokes Animals around: *laughs in animal*

[@cuhpimp8084]

I don't think other animals know the dolphin language

[@Bleepbleepblorbus]

@@cuhpimp8084 that's the joke

[@cuhpimp8084]

@@Bleepbleepblorbus still the joke makes no sense

[@matti...]

2:21 Dude caught me off guard - just the way he says " and if he has _a gun_ "

[@Sage2000]

I lived with a variety of animals in my life. I have no doubt: all of them communicate and some of them have language. We just don't understand. If you pay attention to tour cat or dog, you will notice the variations on the sounds, like phonemes. The reasons behind the "limited communication" of many observed animals is likely due to natural conditions (very hash). If I put YOU in a jungle situation from chieldhood let's see how your vocabulary would be...

[@II-V-I]

Communication yes, Language no. It's as easy (or complicated) as this. Our definition of language means that it has to have All traits of language.

[@Sage2000]

II-V-I hello! I understand your point, since I also had the opportunity to study human development and language at college. But have you ever observed how domestic animals start to use phonemes and specific gestures to communicate?

[@II-V-I]

@@Sage2000 Yes, of course. But (I beg your pardon) I don't understand why you bring this up. Many domestic animals have a decent ability to communicate with humans but a) still no language because it doesn't have all traits (if we follow the definition in the video which I assume) and b) wild animals do have quite an elaborate system too. Which of course depends on the species. Highly social animals however like Orcas, Lions, Apes... communicate on a broad spectrum in the wild because their "lifestyle" (here I lack proper English vocabulary) requires to do so. If you put a group of human children into a jungle they will most likely communicate a lot to survive. Even though their communication will be centered around different topics. How culture, creativity etc. would be, however, that's a topic for another comment :)

[@II-V-I]

@@Sage2000 Oh, and thank you for not mixing up phones and phonemes, always a pleasure!

[@Sage2000]

II-V-I hey! That’s bellow the belt... I will fix the typo.

[@pocketmac7664]

I'm just wondering why y'all didn't talk about elephants.

[@amongus2947]

the animations look like a redbull add

[@2000wattz]

I hear mice squeaking in the walls. I’m convinced they’re communicating with each other.

[@classicrockradio9039]

But honeybees can talk... haven't you seen the bee movie??

[@angryboi595]

Yes. Humans are animals. It’s just animals have a different way of doing it. I can’t believe we really think because they don’t talk like us they can’t communicate with others

[@JanGephardt]

I don't see any mention of dogs in this presentation. What an oversight!

[@extremeuser3]

totally agree

[@naziwalrus1059]

Jan Gephardt dogs aren't the only important animal u know ?

[@JanGephardt]

Of course not. But there's been a lot of research into dog cognition and their understanding of syntax, in recent years. It seemed an odd omission.

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

Or even more importantly, no elephants.

[@sofialaya596]

yea, crows too, and there was a parrot that used comunication with words like a 4 year old kid (search it, was a famous trained one) but if they added all of them would be so much

[@choco_easty]

Please give the animators of this video a hug and a huge thumbs up for me! Great job guys!

[@raycao4195]

Thanks TED ED . Apart from the great knowledge . Can we please appreciate how great funny the animation is . Not only in this episode but also in all others .

[@obuyWw]

Fantastic definition of human languages. I've learnt something today. Love ted-ed.

[@artaelezi6014]

Question: Do animals have language? Conclusion: We are all animals.

[@philipcheung7327]

An interesting lesson on the vastness of language and communication.

[@sudathip31]

crab and fish 0:10 Bee 0:25 praire dog 2:16 great ape 2:28 dophin 3:11

[@葉傑夫]

The carb was like: Ah, man i thought i finally got a friend. in 4:38

[@shin5996]

we humans are so smart...im a very intelligent creation

[@halogen5580]

and also a dangerous creature...

[@danielmhako]

Are you a crab? 😂😂😂

[@brandondthomson]

Animals: This is how we're gonna survive. Humans: Coffin Dance meme

[@creepykretins6794]

When you realise dolphins were using tinder before anyone😂

[@fabrizio483]

All creatures have language. Our problem is to measure their ability according our rules, which is the wrong approach.

[@manuel5114]

Not really. "Language" is something only found to be had by humans. We, humans, have different intellectual abilities from other animals. That's why we're the only ones that display the cognitive ability of language. Now, if you want to say "language" means something else, do it, but it will be your own personal technical term, not the actual meaning of the scientific term "language" as effectively used in science.

[@empyrean196]

Manuel Luján exactly dude. Many species exhibit parts of human language, but not fully-loaded with the advanced components that makeup a true language ability. Our language capability is open-ended, displaced, productive, and recursive. Overall, humans are cognitively the most advanced species on earth. That’s due to both enhanced, and unique abilities. We’re so advanced, that we debate over our dominant status. We study ourselves, and comprise scientific -ologies. We even form abstract concepts about making contact, with aliens, we consider smarter than ourselves. I have a dog. Various animal species do have complex intelligences. Apart from humans, the animal kingdom is spectacular all within itself.

[@thehighshow]

In other words: "We can't really understand anything other than what we can conceptualize, so we assume they must not be doing so"... I can understand the "continuum" because if the Universe is telling us anything, its that everything grows and develops, but knowing this same factor and that these creatures have been existed side by side for our entire understanding... Why are you even asking this question? You, clearly, wouldn't be able to understand it anyway.

[@lonestarr1490]

"so we assume they must not be doing so" Yes, but that's not the end. After the assumption, we come up with ways to test if they're doing so or not. They fail all the test. We conclude. That's how science works.

[@neeneeo]

do animals talk about us, like we talk about them?

[@username-fx8pe]

But crows have ALL of the requirements and you didn’t show them

[@-Subtle-]

Ravens are among the smartest and have been proven to meet this video's criteria and beyond.

[@penguin3298]

4:13 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!

[@tiaaday6613]

451 dislikes from the crabs...

[@merlokiii]

"Are we going to be chicken nuggets?" 😂

[@bibekgautam512]

+Merloki❧ valar morghulis

[@Malekali2004]

Talk about yourself I'm not an animal

[@eptile]

Crows actually have different dialects for different regions. Calls from different states and even group's can differ. I crow call for fun, and if I am ever going to a new location I listen to recordings of group's from those areas and change my calls accordingly. It's very facinating. As they are extremely intelligent. I even feed my local crows and they come to a specific clicking noise I make, letting them know it's time to eat.. it's been years and I don't feed them regularly and they have taught their children my "feeding call" so they know where to get a free meal if they hear it, it's quite amazing they have passed it down and remembered it even though it isn't a constant feeding source.

[@lilleidragon8301]

I don't know if that's the case or not. it would depend on if communication or language or whatever you call it is linked to intelligence. Is it that animals don't have a language or is it that they just communicate different? It is possible if language is linked to intelligence that maybe they have more limited capacity for language. But while you may be able to look at all humans in the world and find similarities in all our languages we are all human. We all can speak like humans, we all have mostly the same physical abilities to speak, can make the same sounds as each other mostly, there may be exceptions with physical disabilities and mutations, but humans all have the same abilities to talk in general. Not all animals do. And physical abilities like being mute or deaf can effect human communication so it proves there is more than just intelligence that can effect it. Using a combination of sounds pausing is what we call a word. Making another combination of sounds and pausing is called another word. If we keep making sounds, pause, sounds, pause, combinations of sounds, pause, that's called a sentence. I don't know if this is what qualifies as a language. Maybe this is what qualifies as a, "human" language. Even if we had the same intelligence but were different creatures, would our language be the same if our physical abilities to both give out information, and receive information because our senses are different be the same? There probably are many ways of intelligently communicating without using a combination of something, spacing it out, and another combination of something to form words, and then using those words in a certain order to speak. Like you could use a specific sound and always have that sound mean the same thing no matter how the sound was made or how many times it was made, and have another sound mean something else, like how you can have sounds on a smart phone, one can mean there is a notification, one can mean a text has been sent, and the other can mean someone is calling you on the phone. And you can communicate that way without sounds. Like if primates use their gestures together to add things to what they are saying, or say things in more detail this could just be a more human-like way of communicating even if it doesn't use sounds. I think there are lots of ways of communicating that you could communicate besides how humans do. Is it related to intelligence? Maybe, but does a language being complex mean it has to be exactly like a human's? Humans not only use sounds to communicate, we combine things in a certain order to communicate. The order may actually just be the way humans communicate. But we have body language which works totally different from our verbal language. If body language is so much about intelligence then why do humans have body language? I think body language is very different from how we think of language or communication. Body language is automatic. We usually think of communication as something we deliberately do to give information to each other. if that qualifies as a language and body language does not then you could say that animals do not all have a language because I think some animals only learn to read each other but do not actually learn to speak. Is this a matter of intelligence? Maybe. But it is just a different way of communicating. I think humans communicate purposefully. It could be our brain, it may also be because I think being able to communicate purposefully allows humans to control when we give out information or not. In fact I think humans use this to deceive each other mostly which is why humans like communicating deliberately rather than just reading each other sometimes. People will actually control their body language and facial expressions possibly subconsciously to hide information and even fake facial expressions and body language to basically lie and deceive people without words, and purposeful communication is easier to lie with so I think humans will often conceal their automatic communication so no one actually knows what people are fully thinking, their motives, feeling, etc... If people just let their bodies automatically do the talking then humans may be able to actually read each other better, because body language always means the same thing unlike how we could take the word apple and decide it means a chair instead of a apple, body language always means the same thing, it is not changeable, it doesn't lie. So intentional communication is much better if you want to conceal things about yourself or deceive. So yeah I think humans don't use automatic communication for that reason. Same goes for tone of voice and some evidence has shown our bodies actually produce smells like animals we could use to communicate but don't, we get rid of them. The smell communication some animals use also automatically I believe changes depending on the mood and other features of a animal. I think that intentional communication is done in birds, it could be intelligence, but the thing is that I think it may also be they cannot smell well usually, or at all sometimes, and smell is not so good for communicating in the air it seems because a lot of smells seem to not travel through the air well, plus I think too much automatic communication with body language could interfere with a bird's ability to fly. Where as I think humans do not want everything about them to be known. It is possible to could be intelligence too. Humans could probably use intentional communication in a lot of other ways than just with a combination of sounds, or letters. It is possible some animals have more advanced ways of gaining information than we know, but it is so different from how humans communicate it is harder to understand or read. But I could be wrong, I am not saying I could not be. But it's just a idea.

[@JinoJiwan_Jari_Pensil]

So their "language" is universal? Like when dolphins from pacific ocean met dolphins from indian ocean, they'll be able to communicate?

[@cuhpimp8084]

I've heard animals have different accents and some species communicate differently in different places on earth. I'm not sure but I think it's not really universal

[@НиколаГергенеков]

allahu akbar

[@mattthorne8419]

God is great

[@purebaldness]

+Никола Гергенеков Abdul arab

[@НиколаГергенеков]

ninja turtle

[@TheUglyGnome]

Flying Spaghetti Monsters beats your god's ass.

[@НиколаГергенеков]

+TheUglyGnome only god kick his ass and he love doing that

[@joebazooks]

to think we fully understand the communicative means of other species is simply absurd

[@enderstar5017]

Trying to decide whether animals have language using human-created guidelines.

[@86Miguelisimo]

that dancing bee it looks like is HIGH ON HONEY!

[@bentton7311]

Lol

[@universe0848]

My dog says 'i ll kill u' and talks eng.,,,like 'i love u','treat','walk',etc but all of that is in barks so u have to figure out what he is saying

[@meribarseghyan842]

As you mentioned after all we are all animals. And this is why I am convinced that every animal can communicate with the same type of animal. As humans have their language in the same way dogs and elephants have their own "language" no matter if it is sign language, some voices, or even a dance.

[@xoxodelphi]

i feel like these animals are missing out on alot of things :( poor them, can't even talk to gf about future plans.

[@DoofusMeme]

"We are all animals" then animals can understand english language.

[@CShep99]

does a language really need grammar to be a language? like, is it really essential? if the prairie dogs and bees can convey that much essential information and have the meaning understand, without grammar, would grammar really make any difference? it would certainly help us understand them better since our language is grammar based, but they obviously don't need it.

[@AustinTexas6thStreet]

People have a terrible tendency to judge everything else in existence through the lens of the human experience and to think that our narrow standards are *THE* one and only yardstick that matters and everything Must adhere to it!!

[@markcates8298]

CShep99

[@markcates8298]

Cimo Yaya

[@Luna-iu1dr]

1:33 that was so adorable

[@bimboalmarado3756]

how abt dogs? they seems like they understand several grammar, and knowing some displacement

[@scptime1188]

Where has anyone observed dogs using grammar?

[@jeremyheartriter2.063]

1:23 I laughed way too hard at this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@juancamilomartinezplazas9828]

I'm not an animal dude, this video just show me that we are so different, we were created with another special way to live. that's why we have the capacity to think in our purpose of live.

[@scptime1188]

Biologically, you are an animal, no denying it. We were not "created" in the intelligent sense, although we are extraordinary compared to the rest of the animal kingdom.

[@EpicBunty]

this is so wrong on so many levels..

[@firstnamelastname9824]

How though? You cant just say that without context

[@corruptedking7315]

3:51 the kid in your weight training class who has way too much pride

[@Jack-mi9ok]

the animation was so funny

[@storytime2978]

You have to think to do a action quote by -Me

[@Monochromicornicopia]

When KZbin titles end with a question mark, the answer is always "no".

[@xoxodelphi]

i asked my mom if fishes speak, she asked me if she put my face under water will i speak? 😭 i think this a meme in our place. like i heard it in a movie afterwards.

[@ms.z980]

we are not all animals , but we all came from the same origin , thank you for the wonderful info❤

[@mackenzieedwards2424]

If you aren't an animal then what are you? Fungi? Plant? Some sort of alien lifeform? No, wait! I got it! You are clearly a robot.

[@gal749]

Actually, even some human languages, like Pirahã, don't have displacement

[@abhijitpanda524]

4:24 That's why I am Single I will kill you Ape 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@jackjohn2242]

You say dolphins lack grammar; perhaps their grammar structure is different than ours. The rules we developed with our brains can’t be the same as the ones developed in the dolphins brain. Much like vision there are differences. The spectrum I see the world in is much different than birds. Or sound, whales produce sounds so low we can’t hear them. I believe that language is more varied and unique than we perceive. Who knows; the chemical signals from bacteria might really be saying, “hey Frank, nice day. You see the game last night? How can someone pitch so poorly? Got to go, can’t be late for work!!”

[@ajaydora794]

We all are animals?? well that's what i said to her "you are an animal" then why did she leave me?

[@cccaaa702]

She probably lacks knowledge lol

[@feeberizer]

If you doubt that animals have language, you haven't seen Dr. Doolittle.....

[@ivy5614]

I had no clue crabs were so shellfish.

[@noemijesaminem.duenas818]

So that explains why Mister Crab(spongebob squarepants) only wants money for themselves🤣😂

[@ashtonlanglais7670]

Apes can also warn each other of specific threats like eagles and lions

[@renarddubois940]

That's not a very relevant question.. It's like saying "Do animals have a soul?" while making sure the definition of soul includes only humans.. same problem with intelligence.. The problem of humans is that there is no counter-power.. all the power are gathered into one entity so that entity has to have several head, and one opf the head has to be tha one saying, soul, language and intelligence aren't a very relevant problematic.

[@tiaaday6613]

Ted ed : do animals have language? Me : tch, **keep scrolling** Me, again : wait ... do they? And here i am

[@sushilparajuli007]

3:59 I saw KAG. TedEd from future? Keep America Great?? 👍💪 😁

[@riderrexx]

4:15 and i still can't hold conversation for 10 seconds.

[@animeneweablet]

"After all, we are all animals." Parents berating their children for not doing well in school by saying: You are an animal: No u. Ted-Ed: Am I a joke to you?

[@Kak6969]

Wtf thumbnail. It shows chickens talking about yummy chicken legs

[@gnouveli]

animals also have consciousness, they have memory and remember what they see, they know the differences and similarities. what else??

[@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536]

"Do animals have language?" Says the animal in the English language.

[@Cratees]

Omg this is exactly what I was wondering

[@sebbes333]

What if some animal language are missing some of those 4 properties, but instead have some kind of 5'th property that we (humans) lack or havn't even thought that a language can have?

[@eddabelrose_]

Selfish crabs only care about themselves

[@rishikesh4117]

The theory of language is made to understand each other then most of the organism or every organism are capable of using a language

[@dv.singh97]

352 self-centered crabs disliked this video.

[@satrickptar6265]

Meanwhile in a dolphin school Prof. Dolphin: Is human language actually a language? or just some random signs?

[@thehappyloaf]

Why are illustrations of chickens always wild and on drugs?