Animal/Human Language

Is it only humans that have language?

-do animals communicate? How? Which? Yes I believe that all animals communicate, different animals communicate differently like a whale song, a wolfs howl or a dog’s wag of his tail etc. animals communication falls into four categories Visual usually used to get a mate or sometimes in a snakes case to scare off other creatures or like dolphins slapping their tail on top of the water Auditory is usually used to communicate to other animals of the same species to let them know where they are and where they are going etc. like a wolfs howl or an elephants trunk signals a pack, Tactile communication is used to assert dominance or to show affection or stimulate their development and lastly Chemical It is used to mark their scent on trees or on other animals and ants use there pheromone to tell other ants which way they went and skunks use their signature smell to deter predators

-how does human and animal language differ? Humans language differs from animal language because animals just communicate through actions and certain grunt sounds of their species and scents which communicate where they are and what they want etc. where as humans developed high tech languages which animals would never have been able to create by themselves because their brain isn’t developed enough. Also the same types of animals sometimes have two or more languages or sometimes even two at the same time like the blue whale has multiple tones and water vibrations to talk to the other blue whales

Many animals have slightly lost their ability to communicate because birds try to call over the sound of the urban city and they have to modify their voices to make it louder which makes their call less clearer and sometimes not understandable

References –

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/animals-communicate.htm