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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-12 15:40 [#00988773]
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I only studied biology upto a - level so excuse my ignorance, but is it possible to make a monkey talk, i thought they were 99% human or something like that
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hevquip
from megagram dusk sect (United States) on 2003-12-12 15:49 [#00988795]
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no.
because they cannot read the dictionary.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-12 15:50 [#00988798]
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The best discipline to attack this question is information theory. You see, in english for example, there are only 26 letters and only so many ways that these can be combined to form words (that aren't inconveniently 1,029 letters long). However the number of possible combinations is very high since you figure you can take a F, slap an "o" vowel on it, or a "u" or a "i" and add any string of additional letters in a huge numbr of possible combinations. Now each of these "words' can symbolize a different thing. Now a monkey probably doesn't talk per se, but has similar symbolic sounds. Perhaps an "eeh eeh eeh" is deciphered as "you have a sexy hairy palm" and perhaps a "ooh ooh ooh" translates as "watch me throw poo at the zookeeper". Their spoken language likely isn't as combinatory as ours. In a sense they have an alphabet with no words. BUT this is entirely excluding the little known concept of lower primate ESP. Monkeys have a truly rich language, much richer than ours, if you just pay attention to the pure energy traveling in their neurosphere. You have to use a specially calibrated infra red camera to see this, but if you had one, and if you were smart enough to hold your own intellectually with one, you could talk with a monkey.
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happy cycling
from berlin on 2003-12-12 15:53 [#00988804]
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apes have been taught symbolic languages (english-related and otherwise) up to 600 or 700 words or so.. usually they sign it (i.e. use their hands) because their mouth/vocal chords aren't suited to making human sounds
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pOgO
from behind your belly button fluff on 2003-12-12 15:58 [#00988817]
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"AMY. MOTHER. AMY"
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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-12 16:04 [#00988829]
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how about modifying through surgery an ape's vocal parts in order for it to speak
i know this is cruel, but people have grown an ear on a mouse's back before
maybe animals have some interesting ideas to share
i understand what you say wmw, i wonder if a child and monkey was nurtured together from birth, nutued via the a shared set of symbols would they be able to communicate to each other, then the child could be taught to communicate with humans, hence act as the link between man and monkey
i am in the process of communicating with a wasp, the only thing is he does not have much to say, he does not want to share my trouble i am having with the ladies and he does not facny having a drink down the local pub, i dont know why i bothered, i could have at least started to talk to a praying mantis in order to find out if he is really camp or the reason for the double gay wrist stance is due to a medical reason
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2003-12-12 16:08 [#00988833]
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wasp's have small ears so he probably cant hear you...try speaking to him louder
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-12 16:12 [#00988842]
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What is it like in the united kingdom? I picture it sort of like certain levels in mario brothers 1, especially levels with clouds in them. Over here in poshnu, we have a product called "corn". Do you have this product?
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AlfredPMcLovely
from the country that will end up d (Turkmenistan) on 2003-12-12 16:13 [#00988844]
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Even if you modded them the appropriate grey matter wouldn't be set up to operate it.
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-12-12 16:32 [#00988877]
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Animals talking is a sign of demonic possesion. The only way to deal with it is behead them and burn the corpse. :P
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-12-12 16:44 [#00988895]
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