(October 25, 2015 at 2:29 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(October 25, 2015 at 2:05 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: *emphasis mine*
So it's your position that talking animals don't exist?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_animal
Didn't actually watch that video you posted, did you?
Here's (starting at 0:55) the quote:
Quote:The researchers believe the lonesome elephant learned to speak out of a form of social bonding after being separated from two other elephants, rather than understanding the words' actual meaning. [...]In 1983, zoo officials in Kazakhstan claimed their elephant could reproduce Russian, but there was no scientific study.
Understanding what one is saying has nothing to do with "talking"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/talk
Quote:talk
talk (tôk)
v. talked, talk·ing, talks
v.intr.
1.
a. To exchange thoughts or opinions in spoken or sign language; converse: We talked for hours. See Synonyms at speak.
b. To utter or pronounce words: The baby can talk.
c. To imitate the sounds of human speech: The parrot talks.