How Animals Speak

“Murphy, enter. Come on Murphy, get in already…” Deborah, an old, plump looking and very nice lady is heard commanding, persuading and finally pleading for someone every single day in the wee hours of the morning in her highly fenced home. She always seems to struggle with this never answering person on a daily routine until what she wants is finally done, then she’s heard saying, “…good boy”.

If you do not know the two personally, you are tempted to think she must have a grandson named Murphy who really is stubborn and has to be persuaded before getting anything done. That’s not the case however, Murphy is a dog. Yes, a very fine young and energetic breed between a German shepherd and Labrador.

And yes Deborah and this young fellow communicate on a daily basis as she goes about her daily chores.

World View

Murphy is just one of billions of animals kept as pets in homesteads, for public viewing in Zoos or for entertainment in parks. What these animals have in common is that apart from communicating with each other, they communicate with their caretakers or trainers on a daily basis just as humans do with each other.

How Animals and Humans communicate

Most of these animals are trained right from when they are young to communicate with their care givers or the people who come to view them. For example, the dolphins, orcas or sea lions at aquatic zoos carry out tasks like diving in symphony, playing ball with each other or accept to be fed by viewers without harming them, all at the command of their trainers.

Same case with pets at home, command words are taught to the pets by their owners or paid trainers while very young and therefore know when they are told to eat, run, fetch or roll.

Why interpretation is needed for animals

Therefore, one can say that an interpreter can be required in certain instances when dealing with animals. For example a dog barking frantically at a visitor can be calmed down by the home owner merely speaking a command word that the visitor didn’t know of but can also learn.

For example, an excited tourist at a zoo for aquatic animalswas almost dragged under water by a killer whale when he decided to pat it on the head after it perfectly through him a ball in the audience at the command of its trainer.

Therefore communication between animals and humans is very possible but can also be fatal, if done without the owner or trained personnel to interpret effectively.