31 Quotes About Animal-communication

If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? What further properties must he show before religious missionaries mustconsider him worthy of attempts at conversion?

Learning how to communicate with animals is just like learning any other language. The more you practice, the better you become.

I love animals, but I can't stand the behaviour of hyenas. They live off of others' efforts.

Would the Gardners and the workers at the Yerkes Primate Center be remembered dimly as legendary folk heroes or gods of another species? Would there be myths, like those of Prometheus, Thoth, or Cannes, about divine beings who had given the gift of language to the apes?