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00:00 9 animals who can understand human language
00:03 1.
00:06 Potbelly Pig A zoological park in Florida states to have
00:11 a pig called gordita that can understand commands in both English and Spanish.
00:16 Maricela Gutierrez, a trainer at Jungle Island Zoo, said that the Vietnamese potbelly pig
00:23 can understand more than 400 words in both English and Spanish.
00:33 Gordita can speak two languages fluently because all of the other trainers speak to her in
00:38 English and I only speak to her in Spanish, Gutierrez said in a report in UPI.
00:44 She added that though gordita's inheritance in Vietnamese she considers the 4-year-old
00:49 pig to be the Cuban American because she was born in Hialeah.
00:55 She was raised up as a puppy and does not have the tail curled like most pigs.
01:00 2.
01:02 Orangutan What is the most interesting is that some
01:06 of the forms of orangutan communication are so similar to those of humans, such as they
01:11 can laugh, tickle, play games and that is often observed between a mother and an offspring.
01:18 Recently one of the orangutan named Rocky has learned to speak like human.
01:23 The 8-year-old primate has amazed scientists by copying words and reproducing them in a
01:28 conversational context.
01:30 Researchers asked Rocky to play a game where he copied the tone and pitch of human voice
01:36 sounds.
01:37 Rocky was capable to learn new sounds and control the action of his voice in a way humans
01:41 do when they conduct a conversation.
01:56 Scientists believe that Rocky could be the key to understanding how human speech evolved.
02:02 3.
02:03 Prairie Dogs In a wild, prairie dogs are social animals
02:07 and live in large colonies.
02:09 They communicate with each other by sound, barking to warn their neighbors about approaching
02:14 threats.
02:15 Prairie are great at alarming calls to alert the colony for danger.
02:19 They also exactly describe the potential threat, including such details as the type of predator,
02:25 its speed and even color.
02:27 The scientists also found that like humans, prairie dogs seem to learn languages over
02:33 time.
02:34 Young prairie dogs did not give specific alarm calls but seemed to learn the language as
02:39 they grew.
02:41 4.
02:42 Gorillas Gorillas in the wild have their own specific
02:47 ways of communicating via calls, gestures, hand claps and more.
02:52 Gorillas can be trained to interact with humans using sign language.
02:56 A gorilla also called Koko, according to the Gorilla Foundation, has a sign language vocabulary
03:02 of over 1000 words, which she uses in complex statements and quotations.
03:08 Most of these signs are standard American Sign Language, but some are natural gestures
03:14 and some are invented and some ASL signs are slightly changed by Koko to form what we call
03:20 Gorilla Sign Language.
03:22 5.
03:23 Elephant An Asian elephant male, also known as Kaushik,
03:28 can copy human speech.
03:30 Kaushik's vocabulary consists of 5 words.
03:33 "Enyo" means "Hello", "Enya" means "Sit down", "Anaya" means "No",
03:39 "Nyo" means "Lie down", and "Choa" means "Good".
03:44 Some of the words were commands that Kaushik learned to perform such as "Lie down"
03:48 and "Sit down" or were given as feedback, and he understands the meaning of these words.
03:54 6.
03:56 Chimpanzee Chimpanzee communication holds a mixture
03:59 of passionate gestures, vocalizations, and even sign language, which are all used to
04:05 get their points across with each other.
04:08 There is a great connection in human and chimpanzee gestures.
04:12 Mary Lee Epshaw, Jens Wald Associate Director of Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
04:17 told, "Many gestures that you see in chimpanzees, such as slaps, tickles, pokes, blocks, and
04:24 kicks are ones that you would see in human play.
04:28 Imagine play wrestling between two humans, and you have imagined a scene with two chimpanzees
04:33 playing."
04:34 7.
04:35 Parrots Parrots are not just boring mimics.
04:41 Not all parrots talk, and those who do learn words and phrases only mimic human speech.
04:47 While parrots do not have vocal cords like their owners, they do have the bodily structures
04:53 quite to talk.
04:54 Parrots use muscles in their throat to direct airflow through their mouths to mimic the
04:58 sounds they hear around them.
05:01 Perhaps at the top of the list is the African Grey Parrot, who had a vocabulary more than
05:06 600 words, and other words too.
05:09 Cockatoos can speak well, Amazons can speak well, even some of the smaller pets can speak
05:14 well like budgies or parakeets.
05:18 8.
05:19 Bonobos The bonobos' vocalization called peeping,
05:24 a short high-pitched sound bonobos make with their mouths closed.
05:29 Peeping which is very similar to the barbling of human babies before they form words, may
05:34 tell us more about the evolution of human speech.
05:38 Bonobos use peeping in several contexts, including eating, communication danger, and resting.
05:45 Bonobos are not as aggressive as chimpanzees, but that does not mean they cannot be dangerous.
05:52 9.
05:53 Dolphins Dolphins communicate by producing signature
05:57 whistles as a way of identifying themselves to other dolphins that include more information
06:02 such as sex, age, mating receptivity, and health status.
06:06 And they are so distinct that they can identify each other by whistle alone, even without
06:11 seeing each other.
06:13 Dolphins have the ability to use echolocation, usually known as sonar, to help them to see
06:17 better underwater.
06:19 Echolocation allows dolphins to see by interpreting the echoes of sound waves that bounce off
06:25 objects near them in water.
06:28 Scientists believe that the dolphins communicate in a human-like system of signs and symbols.
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