Domestic animals actually are pretty good at communication.

[xiphias]

For beings without language, our pets tend to be pretty good at making themselves understood. Nicky just made the mew that means "nobody's paying attention to me," then walked over to me and dropped a toy mousie at my feet.

Pretty clear, really.

By "just," of course, I mean "ten minutes ago, before I spent ten minutes playing with him."

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[baka-kit.livejournal.com]

Poor deprived kitteh! ;)

[dancing-kiralee.livejournal.com]

Actually, humans are even better at it, but we tend to ignore that fact.

Kiralee

[ookpik.livejournal.com]

(Sorry, I've read very little LJ lately.) I was explaining to D and R the other day how to tell apart the mew that Java makes that means "The water bowl needs refreshing, please," and the mew that means, "I haven't seen Zenna for a few hours; that means she's gotten lost in the basement again, so I'm heading down there to shepherd her back up."