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Former Slashdot Contributor Jon Katz Believes He Can Talk To Animals (amazon.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the Doctor-Katz-little dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland got a surprise when he visited his local bookstore: Jon Katz turns 70 this August, and he's published a new book called Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You. Katz was a former newspaper reporter (and a contributing editor to Rolling Stone) who wrote for HotWired, the first online presence for Wired magazine in the mid-1990s, before becoming a controversial contributor to Slashdot during the site's early days. Katz left Manhattan in the 1990s to live on a farm "surrounded by dogs, cats, sheep, horses, cows, goats, and chickens," according to the book's description, an experience he writes about on his blog. His new book promises that Katz now "marshals his experience to offer us a deeper insight into animals and the tools needed for effectively communicating with them."

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  1. Not particularly surprising by oakgrove · · Score: 4, Funny

    See, this is the type of shit that happens when you hang around this place too long..

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  2. Re:Well Duh. by BlytheBowman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just asked my dog if he wanted a hug. He gives awesome hugs.

    mine gives me awesome tongue kisses.....deep deep tongue kisses.....

  3. Re:Lol by KGIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mine are perverts.

    If you listen carefully, they're saying, "Suck suck suck suck my cock."

    They're hens! They don't have a cock. Sheesh.

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  4. Re:His book's title needs modification, I'm afraid by meglon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, it works with non-domesticated animals as well. For example, if the mountain lion has it's teeth around your neck and is dragging you off into the woods, it's saying: "Hey, why don't you come over for dinner tonight?"

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  5. Talking dog by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    A man and his dog walk into a bar. The man says, "I'll bet you a round of drinks that my dog can talk."

    Bartender: "Yeah! Sure...go ahead."

    Man: "What covers a house?"

    Dog: "Roof!"

    Man: "How does sandpaper feel?"

    Dog: "Rough!"

    Man: "Who was the greatest ball player of all time?"

    Dog: "Ruth!"

    Man: "Pay up. I told you he could talk."

    The bartender, annoyed at this point, throws both of them out the door. Sitting on the sidewalk, the dog looks at the guy and asks, "DiMaggio?"

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