Comments on: How Does Animal Communication Work? (Examples, tips, myths) https://nature-mentor.com/animal-communication/ Thu, 06 May 2021 17:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Mertins https://nature-mentor.com/animal-communication/#comment-5000 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:01:18 +0000 https://nature-mentor.com/?p=4182#comment-5000 In reply to Grace.

This is so great Grace, thanks for sharing all your reflections! It’s such a deep topic and your stories are perfect examples.

I love that journey from starting with very concrete & empirical evidence, onto the more subtle impressions or feelings, and finally ending in pure non-expectant joy and appreciation.

]]> By: Grace https://nature-mentor.com/animal-communication/#comment-4993 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 01:13:13 +0000 https://nature-mentor.com/?p=4182#comment-4993 Brian, I was fascinated with your insights set forth in this article. To keep this reply shorter, I will only address a few.
You made several points on subconscious messages that some people receive. I’m most pleased you included this, as such can be helpful in interactions with wildlife, as well as help prevent injury or loss of life, when taken seriously. I tend to lean more heavily, as you suggested, on empirical evidence when attempting to interpret what I witness in Nature. But the inclusion of subconscious communication is most welcome, as I, among many others, have occasionally received them.
When you wrote of paying attention to animals’ behaviors in understanding what they are communicating, I was reminded of having successfully done so about ten years ago. My cat was about eight or nine feet in front of and facing me, with her tense attention on something beside my left foot. It gave me a start, and looking down, I saw a juvenile Copperhead snake moving in parallel with me. Stupidly, I was wearing sandals, having thought it was safe, since I was in my front garden. As is clear, paying close attention to animals’ behavior (body language), even if not one’s surroundings, can be beneficial.
Later, I was comforted when I read: ‘This doesn’t mean you need to have 20/20 vision or perfect hearing… It just means having the ability to identify some basic patterns.’ Having losses in both areas has reminded me of your point about spending time watching for those patterns in wildlife’s movements. And in your point about respecting and honoring them, such can definitely help one’s success in that area.
Your statement: ‘Instead, you need to let go of wanting to communicate. Let go of wanting to make animals do anything and just appreciate them,’ is reflective of my current approach to animals, etc., and I am happier for it.

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