from the Nilsens (founded of the International Study for Humor Studies

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ANIMAL
LANGUAGE PLAY
by Don L. F. Nilsen
and Alleen Pace Nilsen

2. Amazing Animals
SNEEZING PANDA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4I2vA9tzsQ
SPIDERS ON DRUGS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc
TORTOISES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mRJfMi3xYw&feature=related
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3. Which came first,
the chicken, or the egg?
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4. More Amazing Animals
ANIMAL POWER MOVES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkYbFr7dcIs
CRAZY HONEY BADGER (CONTAINS BAD LANGUAGE):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg
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5. Fish and Birds
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6. Birds
LYRE BIRD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjAcyTXRunY&feature=youtu.be
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7. Cats
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9. Cats
I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER WEB SITE:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
LOLCAT BIBLE:
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1
SAD CAT DIARY:
https://www.google.com/#q=sad+cat+diary
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12. Nora’s CATcerto
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13. Animals Helping…and Being Helped
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14. Cats and Dogs
CINDERELLA ANIMALS—IF THE SHOE FITS…:
https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10200387320826253
CATS VS. DOGS PLAYING:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dugipeVZtE
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15. Cats and Dogs
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16. Dogs
SAD DOG DIARY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1C5T-fH2Y
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17. Cats, Dogs & Babies
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18. Personified Dog
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19. Dogs and Photo Bombing
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20. Dogs, Cats & Children
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21. Ducks
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22. Duck Photography
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23. Cat and Mouse
Cat Leisure
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24. Cats Reading and Sleeping
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25. Animal Doppelgangers
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26. Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes
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27. Grumpy Cat!
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28. Grumpy Cat lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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800 people came to
get their pictures
taken with Grumpy
Cat.
This event was at
Changing Hands
Bookstore in Tempe,
Arizona.

29. Thelma and Louise:
The Movie The Two-Headed Turtle
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30. Warning!
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DO ANIMALS HAVE
“LANGUAGE?”
• No animals learn a human-type
language. However, some animal
languages are impressive:

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“TALKING” ANIMALS:
• ants
• bees (Von Frisch)
• birds (Alcock): parrots and cockatiels (Patterson)
• bovines
• canines
• equines (Clever Hans)
• felines (Nilsen cat)
• fish: dolphins (Lilly)
• primates (Vikki-Hayes, Koko-Patterson, Warshow-
Gardners, Lana, Nim Chimsky-Terrace, Sarah-
Thomas/Church)

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ANIMAL LANGUAGE:
• Attacking
• Baring Throat
• Body Coloring and Shape
• Calls
• Chuttering
• Facial Expression
• Giving Off Pheromones
• Singing
• Tail Slapping
• Tail Wagging Dancing (Round, Tail-wagging, Sickle)
• Whistling

34. Lizards: Hungry and InLove
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ANIMAL MESSAGES:
• Attention
• Come
• Defiance
• Dominance
• Food
• Friendship
• Go
• Mimicry (for deception and for bonding)
• Protection (camouflage, assistance, misleading
enemies…)
• Sex
• Territory

36. Animal Politics
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BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp &
Smith 663)

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BEES’ TAIL-WAGGING DANCE
(Kemp and Smith 664)

39. Cat Shape Shifters
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HUMAN-LANGUAGES AMONG
ANIMALS:
• AMESLAN
• Computers
• Creations: “Sugar Fruit,” “Finger Bracelet”
• Magnetic Chips
• Yerkish
• NOTE: Some mother primates have taught
sign language to their daughters; is this like
Planet of the Apes?

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WASHOE SIGNING “TICKLE”
(Kemp and Smith 671)

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SARAH’S SYMBOLS (Kemp and
Smith 672)

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YERKISH LEXIGRAMS (Kemp
and Smith 672)

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LOL Cats and “Kitty Pidgin”

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Li’l LOL Cat

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LOL Cats Fighting

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LOLrus

48. Dolphins
DOLPHIN BUBBLES:
http://wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/
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Monorail LOL Cat

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Capitalist LOL Cat

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LOL Cat with Invisible Bike

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LOL Cat with Invisible Football

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LOL Cat with Invisible Sandwich

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See! I told you so!

56. Happy Birthday Elephants
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57. Point of View
Pug Factory Vampire Bats—Upside Down
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58. So be always be on the lookout
for animal play!
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Humans
TRICK PLAY IN FOOTBALL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKE9SFCe0HU