Talking to the Animals

Remember the song from the original movie “Dr. Dolittle,” which wondered what might transpire “If we could talk to the animals”? A recent Associated Press-Petside.com poll reports that 67 percent of companion animal guardians claim to understand their animals and vice versa, despite the language/species barrier. Women appear to have better interspecies communication skills than men (I’ll steer clear of that stereotype for now), and more people report being able to converse with cats than dogs (with Lassie being a notable exception). The AP survey was anecdotal, but there have been behavioral...

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