Humans tried to teach nonhumans to talk, training animal communication's biggest stars. Which animals did we teach to use words and sentences, and how good was their grammar?

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~ Summary ~

Last time I introduced my animated series about grammatical animals. We'll spend eight videos wondering together if nonhuman animals can build words, sequences and sentences.

This time, I take note of the many ways humans have tried to teach animals words and grammar. From Hans to Alex to Koko and Kanzi, we'll meet several animal stars and lean into their successes. I do hint at issues and failures along the way, but the main backlash to and fallout of this "teach them to talk" approach will be the subject of part 3.

~ Resources ~

Art, animation and music by me. I wrote a sources document to explain and back up claims and to credit all images, fonts and sounds:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r...

Within that document I share links to groups focused on animals, their habitats and the people who care for them. My narration will tie these in neatly by the end of the series; for now I'll just mention and link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t...