Response To Lead Blog October 30

When I first heard that this video was about talking animals, I was curious. When I hear the term talking animals, I think of the little cartoons I used to watch as a child. This video was interesting. Honestly, at first, I was really confused. I had no idea what was going on. I just heard human voices, and I was thinking that there was no way an animal could produce such sounds. I am amazed as to how this clip was put together. Was it ventriloquism? I had difficulty wrapping my mind around that when the people were speaking, it looked like the animal was speaking. I guess that's just the vision barrier. Either way, I got a laugh out of it. The clips with the laughing birds cracked me up. Laughter is contagious, especially if it sounds funny in the first place. It was funnier because I was imagining a bird actually laughing. Also, the otter that kept calling some one's name was pretty funny as well. This video reminded me of a video I have seen before on YouTube where goats screamed like humans. That video could make anyone crack a smile. The screams were so similar to human ones it was unbelievable. I think that the fact that we new that humans were doing the talking sort of took away some of the humor. However, I attribute most of my confusion to the visual aspects of the clips. I do agree that incongruity theory was definitely a possible reason for laughter in this situation. Most people don't expect others to so deeply try to interpret animal behaviors.