Whats that Lassie .....

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What would the world be like if you could actually talk to your dog, or if you went to the zoo and the Monkeys abused you Verbally ?

Would you like to be able to talk to the animals in a Dr. Dolittleesqe way and have them talk back or would we be opening a whole weird, loner, beastiality, can of worms ?

Personally i think that while it may be interesting to see what they are thinking i think it would get really creapy, really fast.

Comments ?

Crucifix

This casts my mind back to the far side cartoon where a scientist has a device for understanding dogs, he's walking down the road and all the dogs are going "Hey! Hey!".

Heisenberg.

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Dooom

Everything could go all Dr. Moreaux. Except without the genetic experiments.

monkeyfudge

It would be nice to have a little monkey that I could talk to. It could sit on my shoulder and help me kidnap Indiana Jones's girlfriends. Also I would have an eyepatch.

Binomate

Animals aren't as intelligent as we are, so if we could translate their expresive noises in to an english representation we'd all probably get so frustrated over how retarded they are.

Dooom

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

me and the biz

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

I doubt it^^

Heisenberg.

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CherieAmour

Spike wrote:

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

Yeah, how the hell did they figure that one out?
Aptitude test?

Dooom

The Scientist wrote:

Yes. Thats why Dolphins go regularly to see 'Human shows' to see such acts like 'Jump through the hoop'. Sometimes the dolphin trainers let baby dolphins get the chance to walk with humans. Its great.

T.Sc.

Surely that'd be down to us having arms and legs and being able catch the feckers.

Dooom

I just meant they're all clever and ****. I saw it in the Discovery channel!

CherieAmour

Spike wrote:

I just meant they're all clever and ****. I saw it in the Discovery channel!

I genuinely heard that too a few times. Wondered how they came to the conclusion!

Ruu_Old

Token Simpsons quote. "In fact, in Rand McNally, they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people."
"If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!" :eek:

bluto63

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

Crucifix wrote:

This casts my mind back to the far side cartoon where a scientist has a device for understanding dogs, he's walking down the road and all the dogs are going "Hey! Hey!".

Hehe, that man is a genious.

I'd like to be able to do it, but only if it were a helmet like the Far Side cartoon or something. I'd hate to be able to hear them always.

I'd assume though that if we taught them english they could become as smart as us

Fanny Cradock

Tune in next time to "Dolphins: all clever and ****". Did Discovery actually expand upon what they meant by "****" or no?


Boo-urns to this thread.

Tar.Aldarion

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

Spike wrote:

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

Speak for yourself deares Spike. (:

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Atari Jaguar

"Whose leg do ya have to hump around here to get a dry martini !!"

Dooom

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Speak for yourself deares Spike. (:

Avril's a man.

Tar.Aldarion

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

You die. You die now!
:P

Heisenberg.

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Atari Jaguar

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONARE

Chris: So for one million pounds, who was the 5th Pharoh of Egypt ?
Was it (A) "Eeek" (B) "Eeek Eeek" (C) "Eek Eek Eeeeeek" or (D) "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.

Dooom

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

You die. You die now!
:P

And I'm pretty sure she had a little-known part in Dark City too.

OT: Something just occured to me there - how is it parrots can learn to speak english (what about other languages?), but can other animals?

/wanders off to google

Tar.Aldarion

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

Parrots and some other birds/animals can mimic sounds. Yes, it can be done in any language. Parrots can talk because they have a syrinx whereas we have a larynx.

Dark City? Never heard of it.

Dooom

Cool...so you could teach a parrot to speak Japanese? Now that I want to hear.

Gordon

Spike wrote:

Cool...so you could teach a parrot to speak Japanese? Now that I want to hear.

No no, parrots only speak Pirate talk, that's why they are called parrots - it sounds like Pirate, but you can tell that it isn't 'Pirate'. Hence the name.

Dooom

What about Japanese Pirates?

Binomate

Spike wrote:

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

They're smarter than you, but that's an exception.

Dooom

Wow well done, how long'd that take you?

Feral Mutant

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

If animals were able to talk, we'd probably have to stop eating them. The only way they could talk though was if they were intelligent, conscious, sentient or whatever you want to call it (which would be the reason to stop eating them rather than being just able to make the sounds, we eat parrots right?).

Reminds me of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent learned to speak bird but got bored with conversing with them because all they ever talked about were air currents and airspeed velocity.

DublinWriter

Spike wrote:

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

No, they just have bigger tummy-bannanas.

Chakar

Atari Jaguar

Oh god no I wouldn't want to have my dog talking to me.She would be at me all day to go "walkies" and etc.

Oh that reminds me I have to bring her for a walk now.

Seth Brundle

The Scientist wrote:

I got enough problems with the one in my wardrobe. He Keeps stealing my gear.

Maybe you should spank your monkey!

chamlis

Spike wrote:

And I'm pretty sure she had a little-known part in Dark City too.

OT: Something just occured to me there - how is it parrots can learn to speak english (what about other languages?), but can other animals?

/wanders off to google

Parrots and some other birds can only emulate sounds they hear over and over. So if you keep saying "hello" to it, it'll eventually say it back to you.
I had a friend once who had a pet bird. It kept singing her bloody nokia ringtone. Funny at first when I realised it wasn't the phone ringing, drove me mental pretty quick!

As for Dogs, my dog talks to me all the time! Just watch his eyes. He's judging you....

"Yeah, you wish you could do this..."

Feral Mutant

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

chamlis wrote:

As for Dogs, my dog talks to me all the time! Just watch his eyes. He's judging you....

"Yeah, you wish you could do this..."

Damn dogs always licking their own balls, mocking humanity's limitations.

MrJoeSoap

Spike wrote:

Aren't dolphins smarter than us?

Yes. Humans are only the third most intelligent species on the planet, behind dolphins (2) and mice (1)...

However, their behavior was misinterpreted as an act of jumping through hoops while whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner'

Mice are the physical protrusions into our dimension of a race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings who commissioned the construction of the Earth in order to find the Question to the Ultimate Answer of Life, the Universe, and Everything. As such, they are the most intelligent life forms on that planet.

In their home dimension, a popular sport is Brockian Ultra-Cricket, a horribly violent game which involves hitting people and running away, before apologising from some distance - preferably through a megaphone.

Black Swan

Increase the chatter?

Gordon

Feral Mutant wrote:

If animals were able to talk, we'd probably have to stop eating them.

Which is why the original cavemen genetically engineered them to not speak. It's true, look it up.

Pigman II

I think it could all get a bit weird if we were suddenly able to talk to animals.

We'd probably have difficulty adjusting from the position of considering them as dumb vicious animals to instead viewing them almost as our peers - much like we do today with black people, eastern europeans and itinerants.

Thrill

No, A bit too freaky for me !!

Feral Mutant wrote:

Damn dogs always licking their own balls, mocking humanity's limitations.

First thing id do would be to go around the neighborhood and tell every mangy mutt that if they didn't keep their mouths shut while i was trying to sleep, they wouldn't have any b*lls to lick.