Comment on Interspecies linguistics
na_th_an@lemmy.world 1 month agoA rattlesnake can certainly communicate using sound, but is that language? Bright colors can communicate ideas of “do not eat this” across species as well, but they wouldn’t fit my mental model of a language.
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
what is language than making sounds to convey meaning and then decoding said sounds to understand their meaning
human language is incredibly complex but a bee just buzzing a particular buzz that means “bear nearby” counts as a valid form of linguistic communication imo
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bees actually dance to communicate and it’s considered a language 😄