talking to the animals On some aminals this is true , FISH; my blue gourami's watch us all the time , my killifish will brush against my hand when I'm doing maintainence. Part of this is because as I clean I squash snails and he takes them from my fingers BIRDS : When We had finches (Gouldian) they would land on my finger but that was the extent of that. CATS: She ignores us unless you goto the kitchen then it's all about pimping for snacks , other than that she thinks of us as "Those Humans". FERRETS: we have two very smart one's , both come when you call , both leap off the couch when I say "OFF" and attack (playfully) when I say "GET EM". DOGS; As long as you have a tennis ball most dogs think of you as GOD, SNAKES; I don't even think they know who we are otyher than the hand that drops in the mouse or the warm branch it wraps around. HUMANS; These all have a mind of there own , the male of the species is fixated on the Television the refridgerator or the new HOT ROD magazine, The Female of the species seems to hood shoes, tries to fit into things far too small, and denigns it's age. other than that the Human is a very strange mammal , futher study is needed Z32weasel [Posted in FML issue 4083]