hd animal pictures 2013: Silly Animal Pictures

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Silly Animal Pictures

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The term refers to animals which can imitate (though not necessarily understand) human speech. Parrots, for example, repeat things nonsensically through exposure. It is an anthropomorphism to call this human speech, as it has no semantic grounding.

Clever Hans was a horse that was claimed to have been able to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. After formal investigation in 1907, psychologist Oskar Pfungst demonstrated that the horse was not actually performing these mental tasks, but was watching the reaction of his human observers. The horse was responding directly to involuntary cues in the body language of the human trainer, who had the faculties to solve each problem, and was unaware that he was providing such cues.A "formal language" requires a communication with a syntax as well as semantics. It is not sufficient for one to communicate information or even use symbols to communicate ideas. It has yet to be demonstrated that any animal species has developed a formal language, or been able to learn a formal language.

Researchers have attempted to teach great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos) spoken language with poor results, and sign language with significantly better results.[citation needed] However, even the best communicating great ape has shown an inability to grasp the idea of syntax and grammar, instead communicating at best at the same level as a pidgin language in humans. They are expressive and communicative, but lack the formality that remains unique to human speech.

Modern[timeframe?] research shows that the key difference is the animal's lack of asking questions and that formal syntax is merely a superficial detail.There are other differences as well, including poor precision, as shown by Kanzi the bonobo used the lexigram for chase interchangeably with that for get.Research supports the idea that the linguistic limitations in animals are due to limited general brainpower (as opposed to lack of a specific module),[citation needed] and that words are created by breaking down sentences into pieces, making grammar more basic than semantics.The statement that syntax is the key difference between human and animal language is dubious.The case of a cat who was videotaped speaking purported human words and phrases such as "Oh my dog", "Oh Long John", "Oh Long Johnson", "Oh Don piano", "Why I eyes ya", and "All the live long day" became an Internet phenomenon in 2006. Footage of this cat, nicknamed Oh Long Johnson from one of the phrases spoken, was featured on America's Funniest Home Videos in 1998, and a longer version of the clip (which revealed the animal was speaking to another cat) was aired in the UK. Clips from this video are prevalent on YouTube. He also featured as a character in "Faith Hilling", the 226th episode of South Park, which aired on March 28, 2012.Tiggy the Talking Cat (1990 – June 23, 2010), a feline from Grimsby, England, became an Internet phenomenon in the early 2000s because she was able to make a unique talking-like noise. Tiggy's first TV appearance was in the UK on Channel 4's Richard & Judy where she won the Funny Five competition in 2007. Tiggy went on to appear on CBBC's Chute!, BBC's Lenny Henry.tv, CMT's Country Fried Home Videos, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and various shows on Animal Planet.In 2011, a video clip of a Siberian cat named Marquis was uploaded from Russia. The cat was having a hostile response to the presence of an unfamiliar person (stated to be the daughter of the owner's friend) and was repeating the phrase "no" repeatedly.