Why can't animals talk? Detailed answer

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Why can't animals talk?

There is a good reason why animals do not know how to speak "humanly", that is, to express thoughts with the help of words. Most intelligent actions performed by animals are the result of their inherited demeanor. This happens in ordinary, normal situations for them. However, when placed in completely different conditions, animals usually do not know what they should do. In this case, if the new conditions persist for at least some time, the animals try to learn how to behave in them by trial and error.

Neither way of "thinking" can lead to the emergence of the ability to speak, since this ability means the ability to use words as symbols for a real idea or object.

For example, the word "home" is a symbol for the place where we live with our relatives, sleep, eat, etc. Animals, however, are not able to use symbols and make combinations of them, as a person does, from due to an underdeveloped brain. Watching a child learn to pronounce the word "mom" will show you how difficult it is to learn to speak. At first, the baby gets used to recognizing his mother at each new meeting. When this habit is fixed, the mother points her finger at herself, while saying the word "mother".

Over and over again, hearing a set of sounds, the child remembers it. Later, he becomes aware of the connection between the appearance of the mother and the word "mother" and thus begins to understand what it means. Then the mother shows the child how to pronounce this word. He repeats her actions until he learns to pronounce the word. He tries to say "mom" until his vocal cords and facial muscles start to act accordingly. Finally, the long-awaited day arrives when the last preparatory stage comes to an end. And now the baby, seeing the mother, recognizes her, remembers the word, makes the corresponding muscles work and says: "Mom!"

Author: Likum A.

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