This Cat Uses Sign Language To Interact With Its Deaf Owner

[KamaAina]

http://sfglobe.com/?id=13439&src=fbfan_13439

As a deaf person, you rely on sign language to communicate with others. Although, what if the person you're trying to talk to is a completely different species?! That didn't stop this man. Somehow. he was able to teach his brilliant little kitty sign language. You won't believe how these two interact!

Have you ever seen a cat do anything like this before? Let us know in the comments.

[Xyzse]

1. That's adorable.

I love it when kitties beg for food.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Smart kitty, patient human.

Cats are smarter than many people think. They don't generally learn "tricks" for your entertainment, but they are perfectly capable of learning skills that suit them.

[mnhtnbb]

21. Indeed, our Mouse kitty was a BIG boy. We used to put him and his bro in the basement for the night

and that cat learned how to stand on the top step, stand up, and turn the door handle to let himself and
his brother, Simba, out!

First time I found them roaming the house in the am I thought I'd forgotten to close the door. After it happened
several times we finally figured out what happened by putting them down there and waiting for Mouse to come
open the door!


Mouse kitty hanging out with Tanya. All three of them have now crossed the Bridge.

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[onecent]

3. Awwww that is so SWEET!!! I LOVE KITTIES...

[shenmue]

4. Squee!

[oldandhappy]

5. smart car, loving owner

[KamaAina]

7. Smart car?

[oldandhappy]

9. giggle Smart cat!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Cats are amazing.

I love watching the little buggers; they're always doing something a bit unexpected. I am convinced they are much smarter than most people think.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Good grief. What we don't know about animals.

The missed opportunities of learning things about our pets that we didn't know before.

[trof]

10. Cool. I had a cat that would come to a whistle. Also...

Later in life he developed diabetes.
He learned that he couldn't eat breakfast until I'd given him his insulin shot.
If I slept late he'd hop on my chest and paw my face until I got up and gave him the injection and then fed him.

Ace was also a hell of a hunter.
Squirrels.
He would proudly bring me a dead squirrel.
Almost as big as he was.
Not to worry, we were over run with the tree rats.
What a cat.
Still miss him.

[denbot]

11. This just emphasizes that my cats are too spoiled and lazy.

They just sit or lay where they are, and belt out the sons of thier people, and leave it to us to figure out what will shut them up.

[marble falls]

18. Maybe they're trying to train you?

[KatyaR]

12. I have now seen everything.

[3catwoman3]

13. One of ours has figured out how to...

...pull down the lever/handle on the Hinckley-Schmidt water tank to get himself a drink. Another uses a single claw to pull keys of my keyboard, and she can also pull open the ports to the central vac system, and even plays fetch.

[packman]

14. You gotta ask-

who is training whom? I can see the cat thinking, "took him long enough, almost starved".

[KurtNYC]

15. I had a deaf dog and used sign language with her

It worked so well that I still use it with my current dogs. Dogs and cats are extremely good at reading body language.

Humans can hear in the womb but dogs don't develop good hearing until about 15 days after birth. Humans hierarchy is hearing then vision then scent -- dogs are the exact opposite. By communicating through visual means we are meeting them half way. The cat doing the signs is a new one though! Thanks for sharing!

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Thanks for your post, KamaAina.

Beautiful to see. If only humans were this patient with one another when communicating.

Cats are very smart. I had one that I toilet trained and another that could say "I love you" and "Hello."

No, she did not flush.

Love, Peace and Shelter.
~ littlemissmartypants

[marble falls]

17. Thanks. The best thing on the web today.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

19. My dog "talks" to me all the time....

He doesn't have speech in his life, but he commicates to me all the time.
He brings his food bowl and drops it on my feet when hungry.
I ask him where's your bowl, he'll go and get it.
Wanna Go for a walk. Grabs his leash.
Com'on lets go to bed, he says. Sits in the hallway at the precise time with a favorite toy.

Cats are just behind on the evolutionary scale. Very sorry.

[tclambert]

20. You've got it backwards. The cat trained him.

A human training a cat. The very idea!