Still Waters Posted July 4, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Chimpanzees use 66 different gestures to communicate, including arm raises, ground slaps and foot stomps, a new dictionary has revealed. Tapping another chimp means 'stop that', a hand fling means 'move away' and raising an arm means 'give me that' according to the tome, written by scientists at the University of St Andrews. http://www.telegraph...ommunicate.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted July 4, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 4, 2014 What does throwing turds at folk mean? The obvious? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted July 4, 2014 #3 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I disagree when they said they are the only animals doing intentional communication (besides us). I think it is pretty clear dolphins and whales do it. I bet elephants do it too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Ford Posted July 4, 2014 #4 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I think octopus and cuttlefish can do a lot of communication that we would understand if we could live as fast as them and learn. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD455GTO Posted July 7, 2014 #5 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I fully agree. Cuttlefish, squid and such are so much more intelligent than most of us give them credit for. e.g. Humboldt squid. Probably one of the more intelligent animals in the oceans. Look at the way they communicate...even with us humans when we go diving with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted July 7, 2014 #6 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I think octopus and cuttlefish can do a lot of communication that we would understand if we could live as fast as them and learn. I'd hate to be the person who has the task of decyphering an octopus's sign language repertoire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted July 7, 2014 #7 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Can the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes be far behind? First we learn what they are saying which is probably "We ain't related to your dumb a$$!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhen Posted July 7, 2014 #8 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is there a Chimp sign for "stop using me for your unnecessary vivisection experiments? " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted July 9, 2014 #9 Share Posted July 9, 2014 66 gestures to communicate: 60 of them mean "banana"... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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