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I just found out Washoe, the first chimpanzee who learned American Sign Language, passed away Oct. 30th. She was 42. Washoe was a real ground-breaker. Personally, I got interested in linguistics, behaviorism, and animal psychology through reading about her and her amazing work. I thought I'd...

I was napping earlier and when I woke up, Myrtle was lying asleep at my side - first time she's ever slept with me - she got SUCH a belly rub from me! What a sweetie she is She still won't let me pick her up, although we have gotten as far as me cupping her under the ribs and lifting her...

The original Inappropriate Smilies thread is now 30 pages long and, if you are obsessive like me, you read from the top...and in this case, drop from exhaustion before hitting the bottom. But I noticed all the smilies there (almost all VERY funny) were from the People point of view. So I'm...

Hi, everyone - thanks to all the Welcome PM's and stuff - I was holding out for a sig before posting this I had no intention of getting a cat when I moved here to West Virginia from Arlington, VA. I love cats, I've had cats almost all my life - but the place I live charges extra for them...

About a month ago, one cat (Moe) in a 2-cat household started to eat his wet food by scooping it out of his dish with his paw and licking it off his paw, with no signs of distress or anything. His brother & housemate doesnâ€8482t do this. The two of them are very much friends, and nobody seems...