Animal Communication - Paper
Animal Communication
People communicating with animals has been portrayed in movies and in real life. In the movie Dr. Doolittle a man can actually here what animals are saying and carry on conversations with these animals, but in real life some people who communicate with animals use a technique called telepathy. Debbie McGillivray is a woman who works as an animal communicator said this, "Communicating with an animal is a two way process, there is a sender and a receiver. Through telepathy, when I ask an animal a question, I receive from them pictures, feelings, words, thoughts and emotions. For example, if I were to ask a horse what part of his body was sore I may feel pain in an area of my body that corresponds to his, i.e. wrists - fetlock, knees - hocks, hands/feet - hooves, etc. The horse may also send me a picture of the area or send me a picture of him moving to show me the lame area. Sometimes the animal will even show or tell me how the injury happened. I act as the translator and the voice for the animal and take all this information and put it into words for the person to understand." Debbie along with many other humans believe they can achieve communication through this process; however, there are some scientist who prefer to work with animals such as apes or chimpanzees by teaching them sign language, pictures, keyboards, symbols, even speech and or the mocking or sounds, and numerous other techniques. Communication between animals can be an important aspect of understanding why and how they communicate. Only through communication can one animal influence behavior of another. Animals may communicate by sounds, scents, touch, and movement. Any sensory channel may be used, giving animal communication richness and variety. Communication of animals consists of a limited repertoire of signals. Typically, each signal conveys one and only one message. A single message from a sender may, however, contain several bits of relevant information for a
People communicating with animals has been portrayed in movies and in real life. In the movie Dr. Doolittle a man can actually here what animals are saying and carry on conversations with these animals, but in real life some people who communicate with animals use a technique called telepathy. Debbie McGillivray is a woman who works as an animal communicator said this, "Communicating with an animal is a two way process, there is a sender and a receiver. Through telepathy, when I ask an animal a question, I receive from them pictures, feelings, words, thoughts and emotions. For example, if I were to ask a horse what part of his body was sore I may feel pain in an area of my body that corresponds to his, i.e. wrists - fetlock, knees - hocks, hands/feet - hooves, etc. The horse may also send me a picture of the area or send me a picture of him moving to show me the lame area. Sometimes the animal will even show or tell me how the injury happened. I act as the translator and the voice for the animal and take all this information and put it into words for the person to understand." Debbie along with many other humans believe they can achieve communication through this process; however, there are some scientist who prefer to work with animals such as apes or chimpanzees by teaching them sign language, pictures, keyboards, symbols, even speech and or the mocking or sounds, and numerous other techniques. Communication between animals can be an important aspect of understanding why and how they communicate. Only through communication can one animal influence behavior of another. Animals may communicate by sounds, scents, touch, and movement. Any sensory channel may be used, giving animal communication richness and variety. Communication of animals consists of a limited repertoire of signals. Typically, each signal conveys one and only one message. A single message from a sender may, however, contain several bits of relevant information for a