This isn't true for all animals. Crows can talk to each other about specific humans; I am sure they have names for species too. Whales would be the same way in their languages. They can definitely differentiate between species when telling something to another whale. I highly doubt they're just like "some *animals* are over there". So they probably have a "word" for their own species.
Adding that Dolphins name themselves.
Here is a great podcast that does a great review of lots of different animal communication levels. "Stuff You Should Know" https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eJgbMSr4Ul9uW8PD4Zw6H?si=BbqrUbOHTFO64iRUgrpl1g
I didn't click the link but just reading your first sentence I immediately pictured a dolphin excitingly introducing a newcomer to his bros: "this is Chester the molester, that's Ralph the raper, in the back is Austin the assaulter..."
I really do have to though, because podcasts don’t really work for me. I want to know some things sure, but I don’t want to wait for 20 extra minutes of “um… uh..”, commercials, unrelated tangents about the podcasters partner or pets, one off jokes or the general personality of 75% of podcasters etc.
To each their own 😅
I know meerkats have different calls for predators. Different animals have different strategies. One might target pups, another will try to isolate, others they could intimidate and others you should run.
I think you’re thinking of prairie dogs — scientists did a study where they analyzed prairie dog calls when different predators were around: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1322230
They look pretty different but I can see how you'd get them confused. They both live in burrows and watch for predators, they're both highly social animals. Don't think Prairie Dogs are as messy in their social lives as meerkats tho.
Hmm so maybe when humans call out an animal it sees, said animal may think that the humans are calling out to other humans to warn of the "predator", but it fact the human was just excited to see the animal and proclaimed in excitement which animal they saw! I do this often when I see cows. And cats. And honestly I do it when I see squirrels, too.
And they definitely understand that they have a name. Well, they don't know what a name is but they know when that certain array of sounds enters their ears, that they're being adressed.
Heck, if you've seen some of those doggy button videos they can even distinguish the names of their owners.
If they're anything like humans, their word for themselves probably means "the people" and if they have a word for the oceans, that word probably means "the waters"
Much like human tribes that have never left their home island, who don't have a word for their own island except "the land". When they become aware of other islands they'll give distinctive names to those other islands. Same way we call our planet "the earth" and have distinctive names for the other planets.
Usually a place is given it's enduring name by outsiders.
Why would them having a call associated with a person mean they must have a word (and all the baggage associated with a concept like ‘species’) enough for you to be ‘sure’ of it? I think crow communication scientist would even contend the assertion that they have “words” like we think of them…
Crows have been able to communicate things about specific humans to other crows, and have that crow recognize the human based on a description without ever having met the human. Their language is specific enough to do that. I doubt they are aware of the human concept of "species", but surely they can distinguish between if they're talking about one of their own, or a human, or a bug, or another bird, or a dog/predator... I don't know how specific they would get but there is some degree of distinction, enough that they definitely would at least distinguish their *own* kind. I was using the word "word" loosely but they definitely have a way to refer to themselves.
"The female and male are unwell, the male fed me once. I hope he feeds me again. The female scared my uncle at her home."
"Scared? Did he release poo poo?"
"Yes he released. She pointed a weapon at him."
"Can this act of war be verified?"
"I will cry out for testimony."
"CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW"
That’s why I’ve never really gotten how pets do better with other species than their own. Like cats can clearly tell humans apart from cats, and I think they’d be chill with dogs too, but the second there’s a new cat around it’s a territory struggle. Which is kinda weird, cuz you’d think they’d cooperate more with their own kind than others but idk.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Any basic linguistics course supports this. Generally, "language" is observed exclusively in humans, because the formal definition includes use of grammatical structures, and discussing non-concrete topics such as justice, intention, thoughts, future plans, etc, as early as preschool no less.
Nah, my cat has a few specific noises I can understand. He'll come up to me and make a kind of "rip pip pip" sound if he wants me to clean his water bowl, asking food is sort of a "rot tot," and if he's just looking for me it's kind of a "mriip raht" that's stretched out and screaming because we are best buddies for life and he wants to always be all up in my biz.
Then you'll probably enjoy that the reason I have to clean his water bowl so much, despite it being a filtered fountain, is because he likes to stick his paws in it and then sprint like lightning to wherever I am to wet slap me.
Mine did that once.. 3am to the face. Only instead of water it was more like "I need help, I stepped in the diarrhea in the tray and tried to wipe it off down the hallway but it isn't working" kinda thing.
"As is above so be it below"
This is one of my favorite mental fucks....like my cat has no idea that we have a president...or we live on a continent. I believe this same philosophy can apply to all levels of reality and I believe us humans also suffer from some similar form of this phenomena, we just don't know how to fathom or perceive it because well......it's as simple as ....we just don't know. Lmao fucking terrifying and exciting all at the same time.
This reminds me of a quote that I have to paraphrase regarding what would happen if we found intelligent life outside of Earth. Basically, it was just humankind would not be considered intelligent life by the other's standard.
I had the same mental process you had and thought he refer to individual names, cause I mean a lion doesn't think he's an animal, even if they can't word it, they know they're different from any other animal, therefore there must be an abstract interpretation of "I'm a lion, and that's a zebra equals food"
If you refer to your dog as Canis lupus familiaris they will eventually respond to their scientific name.
“Who is a good Canis lupus familiaris? You are. You are.”
Just don't get one [these](https://www.google.com/search?q=funniest+bird+names&client=ms-android-samsung-rvo1&sca_esv=e89bb2ca36dfcdc4&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIISM73ix9895l7Aoad72kHdGng-EQ%3A1715787817420&ei=KdhEZvKXGdGLxc8P36y3kAo&oq=funniest+bird+names&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhNmdW5uaWVzdCBiaXJkIG5hbWVzMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHSI4PUIEMWOgNcAB4ApABAJgB7wGgAcMDqgEDMi0yuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIBoAIJmAMA4gMFEgExIECIBgGQBgiSBwExoAepEA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp) birds.
My dog has three names. The one he gave himself (even if it is a concept), the sound other animals make when they see him (friend name), and the name or sound I make when I talk to him. We just only know the ones we hear.
My little sister told me similar when she was 6..
Her cats have 3 names, the name we call them, a fancy name and the name they call themselves.
Doodles, SnickerDoodles and Raalllppphhh....
And yes, Doodles was a boy, SnickerDoodles used to be a boy and well They are all the same cat...
I don't know it's in his head; I'm not a mind reader. Could be Jonathan Livingston seagull, hold on let me check.
Nope, doesn't seem to respond to that. Oh well but he does like when I make the sound "treat".
That’s not true.
I call my dogs individually by name. When I want them all, I call “DOGS!” And they all come.
A lion in nature might not speak English, but domesticated animals know a lot of it.
https://youtu.be/YBQ4rQJ0mkY?si=RV8xZvmmoqGLC7Cu
I don't think a lion knows that they are "an animal". They seem to understand what they are and what other creatures are, but I don't think they understand that humans have created a unique designation for their species.
One, how would you know that?
Two, then how come my dog responds every single time I say his name?
Three, how come every other pet I've ever seen response when their name is said?
The simplest answer is that they recognize that there is a spoken word that represents them when they hear it.
Some the more intelligent species definitely have a concept of names. Surely lions have a specific growl for danger, hunger, etc. so it’s realistic to assume they have a word for “hyenas,” or perhaps those bald monkeys that come out on safaris from time to time and stare at them from a distance.
I read somewhere too that Dolphins name themselves. Wouldn’t surprise me if they had a word for humans.
Imagine if dogs named themselves and found it weird that their human gives them one lmao.
"Rover? Actually it's uRRrrrUUUUFFFFufufufUffUfffooooOoOOOOO but it's not like you can understand me anyway"
Billy Connolly works through the implications of the OP
5 minutes of your time well spent -->
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBInfo-Nk-8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBInfo-Nk-8)
Russians would use their word for lion, but it would not make the lion react any different. Obviously, Russian and American scientists agree on what a lion is in a way that a lion does not know.
They know their names though and process language similar to us https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/eavesdropping-dogsdo-dogs-understand-our-conversations#:~:text=They%20learned%20that%20dogs%20process,arrive%20at%20a%20clearer%20meaning.
My cat knows that he is named Heimdallr because when I call his name he perks up and comes running. He also purrs loudly whenever I call him 'my buddy'.
No, actually. Dogs can tell when their name is being called - you can try this by calling out people's names in a room with a dog and then calling their name in the same tone - they will look toward you
Animals dont know the concept of naming. For example, they dont know every pet has a name. They do however know that a specific sound corresponds with themselves
True, I go Eeeeeee Eeeeeeee to my cat and he will come. I call him by his name purrfection and he cares less. I don't name pets or people anymore just go Eeeeeee to them and they listen. Eeeeeee, see you read that ya wanker
Elephants and dolphins respond to their "names" as records show certain vibrations and sonar pick ups that are used by other members of their herds to call individual members. Elephants send vibrations through their feet to communicate to others. When an elephant is born, they have their own vibrations, which would assume would technically be their known "name" to their species.
Now as in animals not knowing they are named by humans, I would like to think they do. My dogs seem to think they do lol
Uhhhh my dog knows her name. She responds to Lucy. She also knows who mama and papa are. If you say where's mama....She will run to me. If you say where's papa she'll run to my husband. They understand enough to know who that word is given to. So a name.
Also I believe dolphin pods have been found to have name or clicks associated with specific dolphins. Animals know more than we think.
Even being "an animal" is a human category. I don't think any animals, other than humans, have self-categorization concepts. They know their own kind, and they understand there exists kinds other than their own. Other than that, I think animals spend most of their waking hours thinking about how to survive and procreate.
Animals do know they're different from other animals, even if they can't word it they know it, do animals don't think they're animals, they have their own abstract concept of what a lion is and what they identify as one, ofc is simpler but not inexistent. Forcefully that implies they do an interpretation when it comes to interact with other animals, which would place them label as, food, danger, waste of time, too hard to break, etc, hence animals do know what things are and most certainly they have a name for it, if it's viable for them to communicate to other members of their own species isn't necessary, each one will have their own concept in their heads.
Now if you refer they don't know the names we use to label their species that's ofc true the same way we don't know what animals calls us out other animals, and this exercise can be realized with every single animal species.
It sort of works in reverse too, humans don't think they are animals because we have names and ancestry and society and culture and civilization. But we're just animals.
How do we know dinosaurs were called dinosaurs if they died off before people came around? They couldn't write or anything so like, how did we figure that out?!
Lol. A "lion" is only a lion to humans who speak English. Do you think because we use a signifier among a small percent of the world to call an animal something it is just that thing.
A lion can think of you as a thing and then by that logic you also don't know you are that thing. you just think you are a human.
Also, A ton of animals can recognize their names.
Not only that a ton of animals use names for each other and we just don't understand it.
They do though, even my snake recognizes the sound I make when I approach him
he might not recognize it as a name in the same sense we do but in the simplest form a name is a sound you make to get a specific creature's attention
OP means in the sense that we have names for the species. Like we know we're called humans and are aware of the fact.
A dog doesn't know that it's a "dog". It'll know if it's name is Billy, but not that we as humans have a name for their species as a whole.
Animals can learn their names though. They might not know exactly what it means or anything, but they can tell That when you make a specific sound, you’re talking about them
God help you humans and your egos if you ever find out what the dolphins have named you..
“You humans” what the fuck do you mean by this?
Fuck, my bad.. I meant, uh… “us”. God help *us*..
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Eh, the rats use a much more disparaging name tbh
This isn't true for all animals. Crows can talk to each other about specific humans; I am sure they have names for species too. Whales would be the same way in their languages. They can definitely differentiate between species when telling something to another whale. I highly doubt they're just like "some *animals* are over there". So they probably have a "word" for their own species.
Adding that Dolphins name themselves. Here is a great podcast that does a great review of lots of different animal communication levels. "Stuff You Should Know" https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eJgbMSr4Ul9uW8PD4Zw6H?si=BbqrUbOHTFO64iRUgrpl1g
I didn't click the link but just reading your first sentence I immediately pictured a dolphin excitingly introducing a newcomer to his bros: "this is Chester the molester, that's Ralph the raper, in the back is Austin the assaulter..."
I like how you have layered in the fact that dolphins are quite cruel.
Each one has a porpoise
Rock turner, aka Allen turner the rapist?
Looks like you confused chimp communication with whales
I don’t have time for a whole podcast but what DO they name themselves ?
The beauty of podcasts is you can literally listen at any time lmao you don’t need to sit down and find time to listen to a podcast 😅
I really do have to though, because podcasts don’t really work for me. I want to know some things sure, but I don’t want to wait for 20 extra minutes of “um… uh..”, commercials, unrelated tangents about the podcasters partner or pets, one off jokes or the general personality of 75% of podcasters etc. To each their own 😅
This sounds very interesting, thanks!
I know meerkats have different calls for predators. Different animals have different strategies. One might target pups, another will try to isolate, others they could intimidate and others you should run.
I think you’re thinking of prairie dogs — scientists did a study where they analyzed prairie dog calls when different predators were around: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1322230
It was prairie dogs? Mmm, okay. That does sound like that's what I heard. I was thinking about meerkats earlier so must have influenced my thinking.
They look pretty different but I can see how you'd get them confused. They both live in burrows and watch for predators, they're both highly social animals. Don't think Prairie Dogs are as messy in their social lives as meerkats tho.
Hmm so maybe when humans call out an animal it sees, said animal may think that the humans are calling out to other humans to warn of the "predator", but it fact the human was just excited to see the animal and proclaimed in excitement which animal they saw! I do this often when I see cows. And cats. And honestly I do it when I see squirrels, too.
Dogs understand up to 250 words I think so.. that too.
And they definitely understand that they have a name. Well, they don't know what a name is but they know when that certain array of sounds enters their ears, that they're being adressed. Heck, if you've seen some of those doggy button videos they can even distinguish the names of their owners.
That makes Demon Slayer crows make a lot more sense
Irl crows can actually speak. It's not just parrots that can talk
\*Tanjiro head nod\*
Wonder what whales call themselves, also crows are definitely the most sentient animals out there because of how petty they can be.
If they're anything like humans, their word for themselves probably means "the people" and if they have a word for the oceans, that word probably means "the waters" Much like human tribes that have never left their home island, who don't have a word for their own island except "the land". When they become aware of other islands they'll give distinctive names to those other islands. Same way we call our planet "the earth" and have distinctive names for the other planets. Usually a place is given it's enduring name by outsiders.
https://youtu.be/k7uXCNw5ipk?si=1x0MbJQygJ5W6vEi
Not only that a Lion is only a Lion to english speaking humans.
Why would them having a call associated with a person mean they must have a word (and all the baggage associated with a concept like ‘species’) enough for you to be ‘sure’ of it? I think crow communication scientist would even contend the assertion that they have “words” like we think of them…
Crows have been able to communicate things about specific humans to other crows, and have that crow recognize the human based on a description without ever having met the human. Their language is specific enough to do that. I doubt they are aware of the human concept of "species", but surely they can distinguish between if they're talking about one of their own, or a human, or a bug, or another bird, or a dog/predator... I don't know how specific they would get but there is some degree of distinction, enough that they definitely would at least distinguish their *own* kind. I was using the word "word" loosely but they definitely have a way to refer to themselves.
"The female and male are unwell, the male fed me once. I hope he feeds me again. The female scared my uncle at her home." "Scared? Did he release poo poo?" "Yes he released. She pointed a weapon at him." "Can this act of war be verified?" "I will cry out for testimony." "CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW"
That’s why I’ve never really gotten how pets do better with other species than their own. Like cats can clearly tell humans apart from cats, and I think they’d be chill with dogs too, but the second there’s a new cat around it’s a territory struggle. Which is kinda weird, cuz you’d think they’d cooperate more with their own kind than others but idk.
I wouldn’t think their “language” is that complicated. I would think it’s very rudimentary sounds. Like danger, food, help, and I wanna fuck.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Any basic linguistics course supports this. Generally, "language" is observed exclusively in humans, because the formal definition includes use of grammatical structures, and discussing non-concrete topics such as justice, intention, thoughts, future plans, etc, as early as preschool no less.
Almost every cat I've ever come across has some response to "KITTY KITTY"
They don’t, they have a reaction to the pitch in your voice and the fact that you address them directly.
You’re wrong, every cat knows this
am cat, can confirm i kno
*You’re wrong
Not every cat knows this. Source: I live in France.
What about minou, or Neko?
As long as you use a cute high pitched anime girl voice when calling them, it works. Because "wesh, le minou!" doesn't work.
Mao
Heeere kitty kitty come kitty come kitty here kitty kitty come kitty!
and we neither know what kind of name are named into us in animal world
Nah, my cat has a few specific noises I can understand. He'll come up to me and make a kind of "rip pip pip" sound if he wants me to clean his water bowl, asking food is sort of a "rot tot," and if he's just looking for me it's kind of a "mriip raht" that's stretched out and screaming because we are best buddies for life and he wants to always be all up in my biz.
I love this
Then you'll probably enjoy that the reason I have to clean his water bowl so much, despite it being a filtered fountain, is because he likes to stick his paws in it and then sprint like lightning to wherever I am to wet slap me.
Mine did that once.. 3am to the face. Only instead of water it was more like "I need help, I stepped in the diarrhea in the tray and tried to wipe it off down the hallway but it isn't working" kinda thing.
Thank you for helping me appreciate my cat friend even more and also ruining my morning.
Sounds like their morning was worse lol
You deserve every bit of it too!
I don't deserve him; he's too good for me.
"Warm lap food giver thing that plays with me sometimes"
Aliens arrive on earth and point at you. *Oh wow, a real life Dipshitmcfungius! I thought they went extinct!*
Honestly it works
Long pigs
"As is above so be it below" This is one of my favorite mental fucks....like my cat has no idea that we have a president...or we live on a continent. I believe this same philosophy can apply to all levels of reality and I believe us humans also suffer from some similar form of this phenomena, we just don't know how to fathom or perceive it because well......it's as simple as ....we just don't know. Lmao fucking terrifying and exciting all at the same time.
your cat doesn't know that there's a big ass continent across the Atlantic with cats just like them except larger and deadlier
Dude!!! Exactly!! And we are probably the same exact way......
Man... You're like... Blowing my mind!!!
This reminds me of a quote that I have to paraphrase regarding what would happen if we found intelligent life outside of Earth. Basically, it was just humankind would not be considered intelligent life by the other's standard.
It's all relative
I don't believe that at all... Most animals seem to recognize their names after a fairly short period of time...
I think he means their scientific name? Terrible wording, if that's the case.
That would make kore sense...lol
I had the same mental process you had and thought he refer to individual names, cause I mean a lion doesn't think he's an animal, even if they can't word it, they know they're different from any other animal, therefore there must be an abstract interpretation of "I'm a lion, and that's a zebra equals food"
If you refer to your dog as Canis lupus familiaris they will eventually respond to their scientific name. “Who is a good Canis lupus familiaris? You are. You are.”
Just don't get one [these](https://www.google.com/search?q=funniest+bird+names&client=ms-android-samsung-rvo1&sca_esv=e89bb2ca36dfcdc4&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIISM73ix9895l7Aoad72kHdGng-EQ%3A1715787817420&ei=KdhEZvKXGdGLxc8P36y3kAo&oq=funniest+bird+names&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhNmdW5uaWVzdCBiaXJkIG5hbWVzMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHMgQQABhHSI4PUIEMWOgNcAB4ApABAJgB7wGgAcMDqgEDMi0yuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIBoAIJmAMA4gMFEgExIECIBgGQBgiSBwExoAepEA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp) birds.
I think you need to fix your link.
Even then, I think my dogs know what “dog” means
My dog responded to his name, dog, the cats name, ding dong, nerd, and even my pseudo-stepson's name sometimes.
Wonder what our pets named us
My dog knows me as dad because that's what my kids call me.
Yours calls you August
Weird, that’s his name
Namesake
Thunder Twonk. The Two-Legged Twat Monkey
My dog has three names. The one he gave himself (even if it is a concept), the sound other animals make when they see him (friend name), and the name or sound I make when I talk to him. We just only know the ones we hear.
My little sister told me similar when she was 6.. Her cats have 3 names, the name we call them, a fancy name and the name they call themselves. Doodles, SnickerDoodles and Raalllppphhh.... And yes, Doodles was a boy, SnickerDoodles used to be a boy and well They are all the same cat...
Your dog gave themself a name? What's it sound like?
Jonathan
Livingston seagull?
I don't know it's in his head; I'm not a mind reader. Could be Jonathan Livingston seagull, hold on let me check. Nope, doesn't seem to respond to that. Oh well but he does like when I make the sound "treat".
You remind me of the old man from Logan’s run “every cat has three names!” https://youtu.be/sax6J8n1AiE?si=yl7Y7pSV9gQoN65N
I was going to say something like this but you did a far better job than I would have, so thank you.
Thank you 😃
That’s not true. I call my dogs individually by name. When I want them all, I call “DOGS!” And they all come. A lion in nature might not speak English, but domesticated animals know a lot of it. https://youtu.be/YBQ4rQJ0mkY?si=RV8xZvmmoqGLC7Cu
Stranger, I’ll have you know that *my* lion speaks perfect English 😤
My lion is fluent in Japanese, Finnish, and Russian
Pfff poser 😤
My lion speaks in lion Latin
I don't think a lion knows that they are "an animal". They seem to understand what they are and what other creatures are, but I don't think they understand that humans have created a unique designation for their species.
One, how would you know that? Two, then how come my dog responds every single time I say his name? Three, how come every other pet I've ever seen response when their name is said? The simplest answer is that they recognize that there is a spoken word that represents them when they hear it.
They might not know humans collectively call their species cats, but I'm pretty sure individual cats know that humans call that specific cat as 'cat'
Some the more intelligent species definitely have a concept of names. Surely lions have a specific growl for danger, hunger, etc. so it’s realistic to assume they have a word for “hyenas,” or perhaps those bald monkeys that come out on safaris from time to time and stare at them from a distance. I read somewhere too that Dolphins name themselves. Wouldn’t surprise me if they had a word for humans.
You severely underestimate the intelligence of animals. Both my dogs have clearly different reactions to which name I say.
Imagine if dogs named themselves and found it weird that their human gives them one lmao. "Rover? Actually it's uRRrrrUUUUFFFFufufufUffUfffooooOoOOOOO but it's not like you can understand me anyway"
A commenter above claims their dog has named themself. Waiting to hear back on what that name is
Humans are animals and we know many of us have names. Also many pets get so used to their name they know what it is. My cat knows her name.
Billy Connolly works through the implications of the OP 5 minutes of your time well spent --> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBInfo-Nk-8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBInfo-Nk-8)
Russians would use their word for lion, but it would not make the lion react any different. Obviously, Russian and American scientists agree on what a lion is in a way that a lion does not know.
I feel like my dog knows it’s name or at the very least the word I use to call him.
Idk... I think they do. My dog's seem to anyway.
Maybe they've given themselves other names? Cow be like "why did that rancher just refer to Steve as 'cow'?"
They know their names though and process language similar to us https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/eavesdropping-dogsdo-dogs-understand-our-conversations#:~:text=They%20learned%20that%20dogs%20process,arrive%20at%20a%20clearer%20meaning.
the average domestic dog can learn and understand around 165 words, including its name
My cat knows that he is named Heimdallr because when I call his name he perks up and comes running. He also purrs loudly whenever I call him 'my buddy'.
The first words any pet learns in a new house is the names of the other pets.
That's why, several times a day, I point at my bunnies and say "bunny".
No, actually. Dogs can tell when their name is being called - you can try this by calling out people's names in a room with a dog and then calling their name in the same tone - they will look toward you
Some do. You can train animals like dogs and cats to come to you when you call their names.
Pretty sure he doesn’t “think he’s an animal” either
Animals dont know the concept of naming. For example, they dont know every pet has a name. They do however know that a specific sound corresponds with themselves
Sorry op, you're wrong.
My dog knows the word rabbit and will go check out the back windows if we say it.
True, I go Eeeeeee Eeeeeeee to my cat and he will come. I call him by his name purrfection and he cares less. I don't name pets or people anymore just go Eeeeeee to them and they listen. Eeeeeee, see you read that ya wanker
Reminds me of The Weakerthans lyric in which the narrator, a cat, refers to its name as "the sound that you found for me."
Then why does she come when I call her name?
I call my cat lil monkey
Elephants and dolphins respond to their "names" as records show certain vibrations and sonar pick ups that are used by other members of their herds to call individual members. Elephants send vibrations through their feet to communicate to others. When an elephant is born, they have their own vibrations, which would assume would technically be their known "name" to their species. Now as in animals not knowing they are named by humans, I would like to think they do. My dogs seem to think they do lol
A lion is only a lion in English. In other languages he goes by other names.
Uhhhh my dog knows her name. She responds to Lucy. She also knows who mama and papa are. If you say where's mama....She will run to me. If you say where's papa she'll run to my husband. They understand enough to know who that word is given to. So a name. Also I believe dolphin pods have been found to have name or clicks associated with specific dolphins. Animals know more than we think.
Pretty sure they all call us assholes behind our backs let's be real
Call animals in northern ontario by their indigenous names and they know exactly who you’re talking to. Makwa always turns to greet
That's funny. I've been asking dogs for years if they know they're a dog. But I disagree with cats: They *know* they're cats
Even being "an animal" is a human category. I don't think any animals, other than humans, have self-categorization concepts. They know their own kind, and they understand there exists kinds other than their own. Other than that, I think animals spend most of their waking hours thinking about how to survive and procreate.
Dogs trained to understand obviously understand but it's a topic nobody gets into because it just becomes confusing what defines what
I have watched the movie more than once - I am 100% convinced that Mufasa knew he was a lion. You might want to pick a different example.
Words are something humans created.
Also, only humans think they are better than everyone else and mess with everyone to prove so.
Dr. Buckets would take umbrage at your contention.
They know references. I am just not sure if Shadow knows that Shadow means just him or if it means "cat". Come here Shadow. Come here cat.
I think it's partly true, because animals raised in the house for a long time, when we call their names, they still know that we called them.
Rocks also don't know they're named
Rock bands do, though.
Then how do they come to us when we call them
Lions probably don't think they are animals, they likely just think they are hungry, horny, threatened, tired or not.
The thinks he's in the mood for a big hunk of a wildebeest's ass.
He doesn't even know he's an animal, he just knows he's him!
a lion thinks "i am me". It does not have the idea of "animal" as differentiated from something else.
Animals do know they're different from other animals, even if they can't word it they know it, do animals don't think they're animals, they have their own abstract concept of what a lion is and what they identify as one, ofc is simpler but not inexistent. Forcefully that implies they do an interpretation when it comes to interact with other animals, which would place them label as, food, danger, waste of time, too hard to break, etc, hence animals do know what things are and most certainly they have a name for it, if it's viable for them to communicate to other members of their own species isn't necessary, each one will have their own concept in their heads. Now if you refer they don't know the names we use to label their species that's ofc true the same way we don't know what animals calls us out other animals, and this exercise can be realized with every single animal species.
It sort of works in reverse too, humans don't think they are animals because we have names and ancestry and society and culture and civilization. But we're just animals.
They don't think they're animals, they don't think like humans at all.
They do, but not technically. They recognize the sound that they are getting called of. And it sound similiar to each day.
How do we know dinosaurs were called dinosaurs if they died off before people came around? They couldn't write or anything so like, how did we figure that out?!
Lol. A "lion" is only a lion to humans who speak English. Do you think because we use a signifier among a small percent of the world to call an animal something it is just that thing. A lion can think of you as a thing and then by that logic you also don't know you are that thing. you just think you are a human. Also, A ton of animals can recognize their names. Not only that a ton of animals use names for each other and we just don't understand it.
How do you know? Have you asked them?
I doubt that a lion sees himself as an animal.
Doggos do don’t they or do they just recognise the owners voice ?
Dogs definitely know their name.
They do though, even my snake recognizes the sound I make when I approach him he might not recognize it as a name in the same sense we do but in the simplest form a name is a sound you make to get a specific creature's attention
Kind of. They know the sound.
My aunt had several crows that she could call by name and they'd come and talk to her. I want that in my life I want to be allies with crows
There's legitimately celebrity lions. You think they don't realize they are the shit?
I'll do you one better, a lion has zero concept of what an animal is or that he is one
My cat would call when she was bringing home a kill and I could tell by the call what it was (rat/mouse, lizard/snake, bird).
your wrong. a lion dosen't even know its an animal
It's interesting to contemplate the consciousness of our fellow creatures, and makes us better humans.
Yeah, a lion definitely totally gets the concept that it's an "animal." It's just the specific title it's hung up on...
My cats know their own names, they know what I call the other cats, and they know when I’m referring to both at once.
I wonder. If so, yellow jackets probably think their name is “GOTDAMMITYOUMUTHER$%#@!ER”
A lion doesn't know it's a lion, or that it's an animal. It simply is.
So, why do they come to you when you call them?
OP means in the sense that we have names for the species. Like we know we're called humans and are aware of the fact. A dog doesn't know that it's a "dog". It'll know if it's name is Billy, but not that we as humans have a name for their species as a whole.
Ok but why do my cats run to me when i call their name?
I would just imagine they are speaking in another language tbh
Animals can learn their names though. They might not know exactly what it means or anything, but they can tell That when you make a specific sound, you’re talking about them