• Question: why cant animals speak?

    Asked by aimeeculley to Alexandra, Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Some animals do speak but they don’t share human language. The ratio between the the tongue and the larynx is what allows humans to verbalise and also explains why babies can’t speak when they are born, apart from the addition of not knowing words or understanding their meaning.

    • Photo: Dean Whittaker

      Dean Whittaker answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I’ll let someone else give a better answer but what I do know is most animals communicate through some sort of sounds. We developed language because it was advantagous for us to tell each other where food is and where danger is.

    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Because their tongue and other organs in the mouth region are not made to ‘speak’ as humans do. They produce different sounds to communicate. And some animals even use colours or gestures or even dances (like bees) to ‘tell’ each other things.

    • Photo: Jessica Housden

      Jessica Housden answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      they have developed other senses, and they don’t have vocal chords like us. Whales sing to each other I think, which is a form of communication.

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