Animal Linguist Gifts

Barking in a second language.

'He's so clever he's learning a second language!'

Lingo Of The Dingo.

'Iguana know what time it is.'

"Look, he just wants to apologize for scaring the daylights out of you yesterday. ... Mr. Squirrel? ..."

"Ever eat a bird?"

"I've never had a bird's eye view of anything."

"Defense budget... Do you have any idea how much catnip $700 billion would buy?"

"And here is the very stone that finally enabled us to figure out what all those dogs and cats were saying."

"Actually I never loved you."

'I don't care how smart you think you are, you're still a bird brain.'

"... and the fact that I ain't never caught a rabbit should have no bearing on our friendship."

"I'm expected for dinner around seven. Other than that I'm completely free."

"What happened to what cat?"

"It's not the walking — it's the waiting."

"I've lived among them my entire life, and I can tell you, 'fetch,' 'roll over,' 'sit,' 'stay,' and 'bad dog,' is the extent of their vocabulary."

Ernie, as a scientist you should say the birds are "making aggressive vocalizations," not "feuding with tweets."

Dog-English dictionary.

"Our researchers have discovered that 'E' is the most common, and only, letter in the dolphin alphabet."

'Oh, I'm not looking for Gold, I'm checking for bear-traps...'

'Do you know something? If I couldn't eat, I would just die!'

"Yes, he does speak, but only on condition of anonymity."

Barking as a Second Language.

'Woof, woof, woof - but I'm paraphrasing.'

"Your work's fine, it's your break time I want to talk to you about."

Throw another hedgehog on the fire, would you pet?

'I've told you time and again, if you didn't eat so fast, you wouldn't swallow so much floatsam.'

'Is it true what they say'

I've been wanting to introduce you to Herbert for months. I didn't want to scare you. Don't be silly. So what if I've discovered my girlfriend has secretly raised a talking gerbil she pampers, gives back rubs to, and debates international politics with. What's so strange about that? So you're good with it. Get me Dr. Phil.

'Well, I know the moon is closer.'

"Other end, Steve. We've already met."

"You taught me to speak, and now that I'm talking to you, you're all freaked out."

Dog dictionary/Dog Alphabet.

"I think my name is 'stop that' but I don't know for sure."

'There is a unique solution to this conundrum,' said the chicken, 'but in order to be sure, I'll need to cross the road.'