• Question: Hello. Do animals actually interact with us?

    Asked by tiri to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Peter Styring

      Peter Styring answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Yes. My cat lets me know when she want’s feeding, to be let out and to be left alone.

    • Photo: Rebecca Randell

      Rebecca Randell answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Of course they do. Do you have any pets? I know many cats and dogs that cuddle up to their owners and know what to do to get more food

    • Photo: Sally Fenton

      Sally Fenton answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      yes! thats how dogs learn to do things like “sit” and “roll over”…if they couldn’t interact they would not be able to see or understand what we are doing and learn to do these types of things. Obviously some animals can interact more than others because they have more complex brains and are more intelligent. For example..an ape can interct more than a dog because it is more intelligent…but a dog can interact more than an ant!

    • Photo: Sian Lawson

      Sian Lawson answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      yes, but we don’t always understand them, as we’re not good with body language, and sometimes they have to “shout”.

Comments

  • Photo: tiri

    tiri commented on :

    Thanks and yes, I do have pets. Two dogs and a cat. They’re such lovely things aren’t they? But, can your pets sense when something is wrong and isn’t right? Sometimes I say to my mum that our pets are humans but just in an animal form!

  • Photo: tiri

    tiri commented on :

    I was watching a DVD about apes, monkeys and gorillas in Geography and I soon realised that we are so like them. They copy us and are so intelligent. I couldn’t believe it 😀