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Ail Animals can Tull'—Alan annual i j meeting of tlio Association for the Ad-vani.cioont of Science held at Boston, ii ■ was shown that. after all. there arc no dumb beasts. Dr. Gibson read a very interesting paper on the language of animals. lie said that every variety of nni muteu being possess d some means of intelligible communication. Each creature by sounds or signs of correspondence las a Ir.ugnago understood by Ids own hind, and sometimes loame-l by others. Emotions of caution, affection or fear—of joy, gratitude and grief— are disclosed uy simple tones of voice, or by impressive gestures 10 signalize feelings .strictly comprehended and often answered. Insects and birds, flsh and beasts thus express themselves in distinct languages, signed, spoken and sung, seen hoard and felt. Me illustrated his theory by stating familiar facts relative to domestic animals.—[Scientific American.
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The Prairie News
Okolona, Mississippi, US
Thu, Sep 02, 1858
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