One of my favourite theories about pet behaviour is that cats see their human owners as fellow cats—just very large, hairless, uncoordinated cats. It's why, or so the lore goes, our pet cats treat us like friendly felines, sometimes licking or rubbing against us.
So perhaps the news of a science prize offering a huge $10m for a breakthrough in animal conversation should be music to pet-obsessive ears. The Coller Dolittle Challenge for Interspecies Two-Way Communication aims to decode animal language, potentially allowing direct understanding and even communication with pets.
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