# Red hot pit: Animal communicators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127 "2015-04-08T15:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/21 "2015-04-08T19:22:23Z")
lost animals move around. all the predictions are right. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/22 "2015-04-08T19:45:47Z")
I’ve encountered one of these parasites as well- preyed on the ill and elderly whose pets was their best friend, and ‘diagnosed’ illnesses which could be treated by energy healing or speshul foods (guess who was the closest available supplier of said speshul foods? Well done! You’re more psychic that that bitch!). She ran courses ‘teaching’ how to communicate psychically with your pets too. The mind boggles. I’ve met pond scum with more integrity. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/23 "2015-04-08T20:07:54Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Oh, my dogs absolutely talk to me. Their body language is clear as glass. But people who claim to know what a pet is thinking by looking at a picture of it, or touching it’s blanket or claim to talk to it across distance (like in the lost dog situation) or talk to it while it’s dead… Feh. I can read a dog’s mind from a picture, too: > [@Voyager](#): > > Food > Walk > Food > Nap > Food > Play fetch with me > Food Same with the dead ones. Dogs are so stupid they can’t figure out they’re dead. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/24 "2015-04-08T20:44:01Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Dogs are so stupid they can’t figure out they’re dead. I bet when you’re dead you’ll be too stupid to know it, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/25 "2015-04-08T20:50:47Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Believe me, I started out with an open mind on this. After more than five years, I’ve seen nothing but shysterism and attention seeking and not one actual, factual success in finding a lost dog. That’s because lost dogs want to stay lost, so they send out fake brainwaves as a diversion. Duh!!! ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/26 "2015-04-08T21:03:26Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > I bet when you’re dead you’ll be too stupid to know it, too. 😛 Whoa. What if we’re all dead, and we just aren’t aware of it? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/27 "2015-04-08T21:06:12Z")
> [@Neem](#): > > . . . not everything you see on TV is true. :eek::(:mad: You take that back! _sob_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/28 "2015-04-08T21:07:18Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Whoa. What if we’re all dead, and we just aren’t aware of it? :dubious: Then we all have some really weird karma. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/29 "2015-04-08T21:23:36Z")
I could really use one to tell me if the rabbits around my house are communists or just socialists. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/30 "2015-04-08T21:38:55Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I could really use one to tell me if the rabbits around my house are communists or just socialists. Ask any wolf. They cause earthquakes, floods, and lightning, too. And they’re escapists. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/31 "2015-04-08T21:47:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Feh. I can read a dog’s mind from a picture, too: > Quote: > Originally Posted by Voyager View Post > Food > Walk > Food > Nap > Food > Play fetch with me > Food When does this dog get time to lick his balls? What kind of dog do you even have? I’m starting to think you don’t even have a dog…sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/32 "2015-04-08T23:47:25Z")
His balls are long gone, and I don’t let him lick mine. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/33 "2015-04-09T09:16:10Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > . . . These are people who claim to be able to talk to animals. Not verbally like Dr. Doolittle, which I would find more believable than what they actually do. No, they claim to be able to talk to animals psychically. . . . Just to set the record straight… Dr. Dolittle didn’t talk to the animals verbally (except with Polynesia the parrot, who taught the doctor how to talk with all the other animals). He used body language. For example, Polynesia taught him that dogs usually use various twitches of their noses to ask questions. This was made clear in both the original book and in the Rex Harrison movie. Of course, to keep the story uncluttered, all his communications in the rest of the book and in the movie were given in plain spoken English. But you’re supposed to understand that he didn’t really talk with the animals (other than Polynesia) in verbal English. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/34 "2015-04-09T10:00:05Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > I bought a couch off a pet psychic once. I’m glad she didn’t try and communicate with my cat, I just wanted her husband to help me carry the couch. You wanted your cat’s husband to help you carry the couch? Hey, since he’s such a helpful type, can you have him communicate with the feral cats outside my dorm to get them to stay away? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/35 "2015-04-09T11:34:32Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I can read my dog’s mind no problem > > Food > Walk > Food > Nap > Food > Play fetch with me > Food How often _do_ these pet psychics say the pets are thinking about the quality and quantity of their food? I’m pretty sure that is a paramount concern of Luna’s. That and finding comfy places to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/36 "2015-04-09T12:50:51Z")
> [@Neem](#): > > not everything you see on TV is true. “Those poor people…” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/37 "2015-04-09T13:43:48Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I’ve met pond scum with more integrity. You can talk to pond scum? Can you teach me how? ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/38 "2015-04-09T13:58:45Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > How often _do_ these pet psychics say the pets are thinking about the quality and quantity of their food? I’m pretty sure that is a paramount concern of Luna’s. That and finding comfy places to sleep. I have heard some claim that the pet they’re “talking” to thinks his food is good or poor and that he/she wants better food. They also claim that the animal tells them she thinks her collar is pretty or that he wants to wear a different color of coat. They also occasionally claim that the pet does not like what his humans call him and insists his name is \. I’m sure there’s a high level of cold reading involved in these things. But I’ve always been the kind of person who walks or drives by a palm reader’s business and snidely thinks “if you know what I’m thinking right now, you’ll come running out of your building to tell me so”. 😃 Similarly, I always felt that if the psychic hotline was real, they’d be calling ME. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/39 "2015-04-09T14:00:22Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You have to work your way up to that – haven’t you seen _Starship Troopers?_ It’s… it’s afraid… IT’S AFRAID ! It’s afraid if you get out of its sightline you’ll never ever ever ever come back again ! [QUOTE=Ambivalid] Narcotic _and_ addictive? As opposed to…? [/QUOTE] Narcotic and repulsive. Think Mitch McConnell. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/40 "2015-04-09T14:33:07Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > I’ve always been the kind of person who walks or drives by a palm reader’s business and snidely thinks “if you know what I’m thinking right now, you’ll come running out of your building to tell me so”. 😃 If they knew what I was thinking, they’d probably run away. Or maybe they’d just hide in their shops and hope I didn’t come in. Hey, maybe that _is_ what they’re doing! 😉 They can’t read your palm while you’re driving, at least not if you’re keeping both hands on the wheel like you’re supposed to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127.md?page=3)