Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born on October 7,1966) is a writer, poet, filmmaker, and occasional comedian. Most of his writing describes his life as a Native American. Unfortunately, he was born with hydrocephalus, which caused his to suffer from seizures throughout his childhood. Later in his life, Alexie decided to leave his reservation to attend Reardan High School, which helped him get a better education and start his writing career.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Animal Communication

Animal Communication

If I had the ability to communicate with one animal, it would be mammals, specifically aquatic mammals.  Since dolphins are one of my favorite animals, I would be fascinated to learn from them. I want to know how they feel just living underwater with all the other species randomly swimming by and how it feels to have to hunt for fishes everyday to eat. I am honestly not a swimmer because of my near death experience when I was 6 and almost drowned; however, it would be interesting to know how it feels to be underwater at all times without being able to live on land like us humans can. I also want to know how they communicate with each other and if they can communicate somehow with other aquatic animals. Dolphins are also known to be a very friendly and intelligent animal that causes no harm to humans and I would like to know what makes them so happy. It is also said that dolphins are a popular choice of animal-assisted therapy for psychological problems, like schizophrenia, and other disabilities because of their calm and peaceful aura. I am not necessarily sure if it is true; however, I would really like to find out if it was, if they had some type of method to be able to do this.