Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer

Friday, November 4, 2011

20. If you had the ability to talk to one species of animal, which animal would you choose to communicate with? why?


If I had the ability to talk to one species of animal, I would choose to communicate with a dog because I have always wondered what they are thinking since we are always in contact with them. I, myself, have a dog and it would be very interesting to be able to communicate with it. Everyday we come in contact with all types of dogs; from puppies to Huskies. If we were able to talk to them, I would ask them all sorts of questions. Also since dogs usually know when a natural disaster is about to happen, if we could communicate with them, they could tell us what was gonna happen and when it was gonna happen. Dogs are a man's best friend and to have the ability to communicate with them would make us even closer to dogs. Dogs would probably become like a child. Dogs see the world from a different perspective and i would be interested on what they have to say on the human culture and if they feel that we need to change our ways of living to more effective ways. Dogs are probably smarter than humans and if we can communicate with them we could put it to a test. They could probably even teach us a few tricks and techniques. If would probably also ask the dogs if they know how to write an essay so they could help me finish them. They could come in handy when I'm awake at 11:41 trying to finish assignments. All in all it would be fantastic to be able to communicate with dogs so that we could find answers to all the unanswered questions.