How come it seems like a certain species of animals understand each other? example inside?!?!

Question

like cats from different countries can still understand each other when brought together. or it seems like that. how could they possibly be born knowing the same language?

Answer 1

A big part of the answer is that cats only have a few important messages to send to one another.  SOme of the messages are sent chemically such as spraying, which by males is interpreted  as "(Hey buddy, I am a male and this is my hunting area SO BACK OFF" and by females in estrus "Look how big and cute I am."  Other messages are sent by behavior.

Most animals are to some degree 'hardwired' to learn more complex communications.  Cats learn these few behavior patterns as kittens when still with their mothers. SLow learners do not make it to reproduction.

But the key is, still, a very limited range of messages.  As fascinating as cats are, they really haven't much to say.

Answer 2

plants are poisonous.  animals are venomous.  All spiders are venomous to some degree.  

Answer 3

um.. cause cats are like human they talk like us, like a person from mexico would understand another person from america that speak spanish, only the different is that cat only got one language haha =P  

Answer 4

Foreign cats can "understand" each other in the same way as, if you were to meet someone from, say, Uzbekistan, you'd still be able to understand their body language, tell if they were happy or angry or suchlike, even if you didn't understand the actual words they were saying.

These traits are much more ingrained than language is... and for most animals, things like posture, tone of "voice", pheromones, and the like, are all they have for communication... there's no language per se for a foreign cat to misunderstand.

Answer 5

Animals do not have language.  Only humans have language.  Animals communication by noises the know innately, body movements and posture, and with chemical signals.