{"id":8394,"date":"2026-02-05T13:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:35:55","slug":"secret-language-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/secret-language-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret language of pets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A while back, I was invited to a podcast with Sonia Jahshan and Simon Bags from the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3MZcbrIwuhLxgw6Kp9SRhV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sonia &amp; Simon pod<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought our discussion was worth sharing, so without further ado, here it is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is your pet really trying to tell you?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Q_wzcWkvDs?list=PLfsGs-MBwEZFZtV8AbQLH0FSYJauBi94e\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The title is perhaps a bit misleading &#8211; our conversation went all over the place! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we cover: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>What is ethology, and why is it relevant?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why animals sometimes don\u2019t get along<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How mom\u2019s behaviour impacts how optimistic or pessimistic the offspring turn out to be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How animals communicate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How TEMP can help us understand animals\u2019 feelings and intentions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why we misinterpret dogs\u2019 facial expressions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which species is the most intelligent, cats or dogs?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to interpret different tail wags in dogs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My take on cartoon animals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthropomorphism and anthropodenial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When most dogs go missing in the US<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing fear of thunder and fireworks (the link I mention is <a href=\"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/eliminating-firework-and-thunder-phobia-in-dogs\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My thoughts on how animals recognize human\u2019s emotional states<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more from yours truly? I write the occasional blog post and share different learning opportunities on the topic of animal behaviour, learning, emotions and welfare. Sign up below and I&#8217;ll keep you posted! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I was invited to a podcast with Sonia Jahshan and Simon Bags from the Sonia &amp; Simon pod. I thought our discussion was worth sharing, so without further ado, here it is:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8394"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8405,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions\/8405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/illis.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}