from the Nilsen's

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Animal Play
and Animal Communication
by Don L. F. Nilsen
and Alleen Pace Nilsen

2. Kids and Animals Playing
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3. 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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4. Which came first,
the chicken, or the egg?
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5. ANIMAL POWER MOVES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkYbFr7dcIs
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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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11. Cat and Mouse
Cat Leisure
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12. Cats Reading and Sleeping
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13. Cats
LOLCAT BIBLE:
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Genesis_1
SAD CAT DIARY:
https://www.google.com/#q=sad+cat+diary
CAT WATCHING PSYCHO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kgRFHaNo-Y&feature=em-
share_video_user
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14. Grumpy Cat!
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15. 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.

16. Mummy Cat
Why were cats revered in Egypt?
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19. A Cat In the Digital Age:
https://www.facebook.com/messages/bkbongar
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20. Nora’s CATcerto
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21. Cat Doppelgangers
& Cat and Mouse
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22. Animals Helping…and Being Helped
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23. 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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24. Cats and Dogs
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25. Dog Tired
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26. Dogs
DOES YOUR DOG UNDERSTAND YOU?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04anfDvki8
DOGS TUCKING BABIES INTO BED:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?
q=youtube+lonely+dogs+tuck+themselves+into+bed&&view=detail&mid=47C90
990AF7FE1E22E8947C90990AF7FE1E22E89&rvsmid=DB8F4B71AFEAF772CBA
EDB8F4B71AFEAF772CBAE&fsscr=-660&FORM=VDFSRV
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27. Cats, Dogs & Babies
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28. Personified Dog
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29. Dogs and Photo Bombing
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30. Dogs, Cats & Children
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31. Dolphins
Dolphin Show in Israel:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/pRFq7K4vCSk?rel=0
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32. Animal Doppelgangers
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33. Ducks
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35. Duck Photography
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36. Donkeys and Camel Look-Alikes
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37. Fish and Birds
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38. Rhinoceros
Why are rhinos becoming extinct?
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39. Sea Otters
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40. Thelma and Louise:
The Movie The Two-Headed Turtle
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41. 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

45. 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

47. Animal Politics
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48. Rabbit vs. Snake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXp95EMf4fw
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BEES’ ROUND DANCE (Kemp &
Smith 663)

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

51. 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)

56. Animals Communicating Hotness:
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57. Talking Dog:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xU7FdD1SpHc?rel=0
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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

62. 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!

70. The Great Chain of Being
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71. Happy Birthday Elephants
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72. Point of View:
Pug Factory Vampire Bats—Upside Down
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73. Anachronism
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74. Animal Anticipation:
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75. Animal Bravery
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76. Animal Action:
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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

78. Come to Australia: Deadly Animals Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_TB6onHVE
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