Human/Animal Communication

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This paper debates whether humans are the only species to have advanced communication capabilities and whether it possible that animals can also have complex thoughts and have the ability to express their thoughts and emotions among their own species and possibly even with a different species. It looks at research done over the years on this topic from ape language experiments and dolphin communication to the relationship between man and his pet.

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"Koko, a 350 pound low-land gorilla, is probably the most famous subject of any known ape language experiment. Koko was the subject of Penny Patterson, and it was Eugene Linden who spent almost two years with Patterson observing her and Koko interacting together. "Watching Koko use ASL was entirely different from watching a chimpanzee engaged in the same process Koko seemed more controlled and leisurely, more comfortable with the act of signing", this is how Linden explained his first encounter with Koko (Linden 116). Koko was a five year old ape, which is relatively young as in humans, during the time of Linden's observations."

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