Talking With the Animals Author:Daniel Cohen Stories of men who could talk to animals range from those about King Solomon and St. Francis to Tarzan and Dr. Doolittle. There have also been a variety of "talking" animals exhibited at fairs and carnivals. Scientists have not taken either the stories or the "talking" animals very seriously, but today the scienti... more »sts themselves are talking to animals.
Talking With the Animals traces man's attempts to communicate with other species, from ancient times to the present. Here, the reader will meet Morocco, the "talking" horse that was nearly burned as a witch; Clever Hans, the ill-fated "wonder horse"; Arli, the poetry-writing dog; Vicki, a chimpanzee that really could talk; Washoe, a chimp that uses sign language; and a variety of dancing bees, chattering birds, whistling dolphins, and singing whales.
Illustrated with black and white photographs.« less