Legend has it that King Soloman had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. Its also the title of one of my favourite books by Konrad Lorenz, the Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, and ornithologist.
From Wikipedia: "The book's title refers to the legendary Seal of Solomon, a ring that supposedly gave King Solomon the power to speak to animals. Lorenz claims, with only a little exaggeration, that he likewise achieved this feat of communication with several species. He accomplished this by raising them in and around his home and observing their behavior. King Solomon's Ring describes the methods of his investigation, and his resulting findings about animal psychology."
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I'm fasinated by the subject of animal/human communication and would love to hear of any experiences you may have had especially with habituated British Wildlife.
No no one is saying you can sit down and have an intelectual conversation with another species but we can learn to understand eachothers methods of communication and to some extent learn to understand vocalisations, signs, signals and body language. We all love British Wildlife but how well do we
really know them all?
A quick example from the TV series Roar at Howletts and Port Lympne animal parks, I've been watching. Keepers all say they talk to their animals. Tigers for instance greet those they accept with a rapid pfff-pfff-pfff sound known as chuffing. Its Tiger etiquette. If you don't respond in kind they think your being rude or don't want any interaction with them.
Lets keep any responses UK based in keeping with the WAB focus. Looking forward to hearing your experiences
