Root: Animals communicate but don't appear to have conversations.
Question: Are animal languages like the clothes dryer (that machine in your laundry room)? The sounds a dryer makes are just to share information-it's started, stopped, etc-but doesn't need a vocalized answer, even if some interaction is required. Maybe animals sounds are like that. They communicate information, get the needed response, and everyone involved benefits. But they don't need a grammar, words, or even names of individuals. Not to say that some animals don't have complex languages, but most don't appear to.
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