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Interspecies linguistics (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Bees actually dance to communicate and it's considered a language ๐Ÿ˜„