As with vocal speech, however, some skeptics consider the results to be another form of mimickry and not true communication. Some researchers use Sign Language to try to communicate with animals that have difficulty with speech, such as Koko the gorilla. This is widely discussed and investigated. Although such a prospect may seem unlikely to many, certain more intelligent animals, such as dolphins and the great apes, have shown to make sounds at each other with a marked repetition in vocal patterns, which strongly suggests that they are indeed communicating with each other using their own language. To take this literally, this would refer to certain species or groups of animals which have a pronounced way of vocal communication, hence having the ability to conduct speech between its members with an understanding of what they are communicating. However, it is most likely that the cat is simply making sounds which a human imagination has turned into English words. Clips from this video are prevalent on YouTube. While most mimicry is done by birds, there is one documented example of a harbor seal, Hoover, that would repeat common phrases he heard around his exhibit at the New England Aquarium, including his name.Ī recent Internet phenomenon is the case of a cat who was videotaped speaking recognizable human words and phrases such as "Oh my dog," "Oh Don piano", and "All the live long day." 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 later aired in the UK. Pepperberg's star pupil, Alex the African Grey Parrot, had demonstrated the ability to assemble words out of letters-in other words, to read and spell before he died in 2007. Irene Pepperberg strongly suggests that parrots are capable of speaking in context and with intentional meaning. The hill myna is another well-known mimic bird. The most common example of this would be parrots, many of which can learn to speak either through exposure or human training. The term may have a nearly literal meaning, by referring to animals which can imitate human speech, though not necessarily possessing an understanding of what they may be mimicking. This can by itself be interpreted in several manners, as listed in the below sections. The talking animal or speaking animal term, in general, refers to any form of animal which can speak human languages.
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