WHY CAN'T ANIMALS SPEAK?

Why can we talk but other animals can't? What makes humans so "special"? Lets find out!

If you could talk to animals, what would you say? Let us know in the comments!

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[sammycarlisle]

How does that little voice in our heads work? Do animals have it too?

[ericbazinga]

If I could talk to animals, I'd probably work on documenting and translating their language for those who can't talk to animals.

[lukaspaegle]

now if animals could talk we could actually be able to take better care because animals could actually say what they want

[AryMSP]

if my dog was able to speak

Me : *AWWW YOUR SO CUTE AND ADORABLE AIDJDLSHDOWHDDKXI*

Dog : *SHUT UP YOUR SO ANNOYING*

[TDELAY]

what if animals think the same way, like a dog probably is wondering "why don't humans speak like dogs" or something like that and the same goes for like every animal to the point that every insect, animal, mamal etc has their own way of speaking to one another, now yes i know what i just said is as simple as saying "well dogs bark and growl, those are forms of communication or if anything forms of emotions" but im mean honestly, like what if animals think the same thing, "why don't humans speak like (insert animal name here)" idk kinda crazy to think about

[barrett]

Id ask my dog why she eats her own poop

[MrRisdar]

i'd ask my cat why is she pregnant after leaving the house for 2 days

[tamakin]

I'd ask my dog why she rubs her but on the carpet

[atlas]

Everyone would know what the fox says.

[jessicagrigorashchinko]

I'm so happy I found this channel. It answers all the questions i've ever had or ask. 🙌🏽🌍

[adamm.]

Ok about the parrot thing just imagine hearing a phone dialing sound coming from a parrot.

[Sparkingcircuits_]

I would ask my dog Sandy to STOP BITING ME WHEN I GET HOME

[annabelcox]

Life Noggin is like the coolest YouTube channel ever!

[justmechanicthings]

♪♫ If we could talk to the animals, learn all their languages
I could take an animal degree
I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig, and flea! ♪♫

[temeweckis]

Jar-Jar could speak. Does that make him intelligent?

[PenguinsCorner]

Animals don't speak human language because, think of human language like an animal language. Animals can also communicate with eachother, but can they communicate with eachother if they are a different species? Can a frog communicate to a dolphin? I don't think so, but a frog can communicate to another frog and so on.
So, since humans possibly evolved from animals, could it be that the human language is also an animal language, except that it has tons of words and different languages as different cultures spread across the world? Example: Not all humans are the same skin colour. Neither do they all have the same eyes.

Neither do all animals have the same body, and they are not the same species, so animals don't really understand our language, and neither do we understand theirs. But we are learning a bit of animal language by dolphins, they use different phrases for each activity.

Yeah, I have no idea what I just said. My point is that all animal languages and communication systems are different, and so are human languages, so maybe that's why animals don't understand humans and vice versa.

[ViniBR]

I would like to be able to talk with creationists, but I guess they will never understand me. : (

[juniorfio]

I would ask my cat why does he likes eating donuts whenever I buy some.

[RACCorpStudios]

"Most of us don't give this a second thought"
Me at 3am: am I joke to you?

[problematiqu]

I'd ask my cat why he pooped on my pillow :[