crows call me breadladyi’m convinced there are numerous non-human sapient species on earth but an anthropocentrism practiced at scale denies us the opportunity to discover or explore these frontiers
it’s been shown that you can teach various species intermediary languages (amy the gorilla speaking sign language, for instance) so pure translation matrices aren’t necessary for meaningful communication. moreover peoples around the world have historically developed complex material relationships with animal communities using what can be considered gift economies. for instance it’s actually pretty simple to establish trade relationships with crows 🐦
Sydney “The Word” Falk 
I'm becoming more convinced lately (between the coins at the car wash and the opium of the poppy fields) that some birds are approaching sentience roughly akin to ours
@sydneyfalk i think what distinguishes humans is basically a million years of tool use, of developing and *passing down* technical knowledge. lots of species do this, but we have had a significant head start. that said i’m not exactly an expert on these matters 😬