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How many times have you looked at your dog and wondered what the heck is going on in that little mind? How many midnights on Christmas Eve have you spent waiting for that humble ‘meow’ to transform into ‘hey, Dave’? Well, those days are numbered.
Thanks to Jimmy Craig, we now know not only what our pets are thinking, but also what they say to one another. The artist has illustrated all of their communication subtleties for the eye-opening They Can Talk comic series. It turns out that these feline and canine conversations reveal as much about humans as they do about our four-legged friends.
Sit back, relax, and let’s find out the truth you’ve been craving for so many years. Plus, read Bored Panda’s interview with the artist himself on the challenges that come with creating these surreal animal conversations.
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Ripley 5 years ago
Funnily enough, I had to move my cat out of the way to be able to access the touch pad in order to read this comic . . . although I'm having to type around his feet.
char 5 years ago
my dog does the same thing (she's about the size of a fat cat).
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Sara Uyehara 5 years ago
Our cat was nice enough to sleep ON THE PILLOW "justabove" my head. I liked it!
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I've said this before but when my husband was in his first marriage they had a cat that would pee on his crotch every night.
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Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
LOL!!!! My dog is like "children!!! Playing in their yard! How dare they!!!"
Johanne Trudeau 5 years ago
This is my dog... NO ONE can walk on our street in front of the house without him having a fit... Lord help the person who rings the doorbell.
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Bored Panda spoke to the artist himself, Jimmy Craig, in order to find out the source of his seemingly endless inspiration. “I recently got two cats, which explains why I’ve been writing a little more cat comics than usual.“ It turns out that inspirational flow is always in front of him: “When they’re being total psychopaths, the silver lining is that I’ll get a comic idea out of it.”
One of the hardest parts of making the comics has to do with animal expressions. “Sometimes it’s challenging to give the animals recognizable expressions without making them look too human.” Craig adds: “I still try to keep the comic somewhat grounded in reality.”
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LittleMissLotus 5 years ago
My dog really likes this game, along with the one called eat the most dangerous things in the house
Mariana Cajal Aviña 5 years ago
Hahahaha! -Bark -Macky stop -Bark bark -Macky is late at night -bark bark bark bark bark bark bark... now I uderstand
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Tessa Thompson 5 years ago
In Australia, everything either kills you, eats you, or kills you and then eats you. Usually, it just kills you.
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Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
Another lesson taken from the sequel to "The Cat's Handbook on How to Handle Humans": "The Cat's Handbook on How to Handle Any Other Living Creature".
The artist believes that our thoughts are much more similar to our pets’ than we’d like to think. “I like to think that animals have similar thoughts as us, so whether I’m thinking about what animals might be saying to each other or imposing my own thoughts on them, there’s some truth in both.”
Jimmy Craig has been working on his They Can Talk project since 2015, but he believes that his drawing has improved over time. “I still keep the backgrounds simple (or non-existent), but I think there’s more consistency in the look and style of the animals.”
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Vic 5 years ago
Karen: I would like to talk to your manager.. oh wait! That's me.. what do I do now?
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Pamela Scott 5 years ago
Uhm just realized I am on #7 & I have up voted vhf them all so these should all be #1!!!
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Raine Soo 5 years ago
I've read that cats think that we really are oversized and dim-witted kin.
Vic 5 years ago
Yes, that's why they bring us dead animals, coz we are terrible at hunting..
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Beatriz Horrocks 5 years ago
So true. My 5 cats make sure I am covered in their fur so I can stay warm
For all the They Can Talk fans out there, you’re likely to see more comic scenarios in the near future. “I’m satisfied as long as I’m doing something creative. Thankfully, exposure from the comic has led to other opportunities and I hope it continues to serve as a sort of portfolio for my writing and illustration.”
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I'm new to cats because I'm allergic but benadryl does the trick. This stray cat we took in is awesome. Every time after she eats she gets in my lap and gets close to my face, looks me in the eyes and purrs til I get her real good then she lays down to sleep. After every meal.
Donna Cheung 5 years ago
This is one of my fav comics because I have a turtle and a cat and they're exactly that.
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Niobe Marchalant 5 years ago
well, trash bags and jellyfish look a lot alike so no wonder those turtles didn't want to choke on it.
There are millions of species in the world, but only a few of them communicate with language. Usually, their conversations are based on much more basic means of expression—anything from body language to instinctive calls. Moreover, humans are known to have a brain template for acquiring language and it’s crucial in learning multiple languages.
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Pamela Scott 5 years ago
For ages Hubby said we could not have a cat because I am allergic. When I reached the point that I had to start taking allergy meds year round I asked my doc which was worse me being alone in the house all by myself for at least 47 1/2 hours while Hubby traveled back and forth to work or having a pet I am allergic to but covered by the meds, SO I have had a cat for almost 4 years now. He even figured out how to signal when my facial nerves are starting to flair so I take the meds I need for that. He is a great support animal even though I have not had him trained his instincts kick in when I need him. I do not plan on taking him out in public though because I don't trust other people with him!!! He is a great cat, it is people I don't trust!
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LittleMissLotus 5 years ago
That settles it I'm bringing a kiddie pool of mud to Christmas dinner
Niobe Marchalant 5 years ago
actually turtles don't breathe underwater, they slow their heartbeat so low that they conserve the air for longer.
Evelyn Kirkaldy 5 years ago
Did you know that during hibernation underwater, turtles breathe with their butts?
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Water Bottle 5 years ago
To explain this, sometimes during sex the female preying mantis will bite the males head off to make him ejaculate faster.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 5 years ago
Not true. The only time mating cannibalism was ever observed in mantises was a flawed study where the mantises were not being properly fed.
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The crucial question is whether these means of communication could be called accidental or intentional. According to Carl Safina, the author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, all species of free-living great apes use gestures to communicate. And these gestures aren’t random. They’re directed at specific individuals who understand them, and they’re used intentionally and flexibly. Meanwhile, he writes, “humans happen to be talkers. Think of the words wasted.”
When you think about it, humans could have been wrong altogether—fewer words don’t mean less communication, and quite on the contrary—too many words are just jabbering without a purpose.
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Niobe Marchalant 5 years ago
why have something given to you when you can have the same thing somewhere else?
Night Owl 5 years ago
Yup. When my late cat was a kitten I taught it to play with my hands and with my hair. Bad idea
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'The cat day 751: my captors continue to torment me with bizarre dangling objects. They eat lavish meals in my presence while I'm forced to subsist on dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of eventual escape....that, and the satisfaction I get from occasionally ruining some piece of furniture. I fear I may be going insane.'
Pamela Scott 5 years ago
Whoo boy!!! Better take a deep breath fast cause he is gonna get that!
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Lyop 5 years ago
On a serious note though, it's kinda tragic that these dogs can hardly make it in their own....and it's our fault.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
They cannot breathe very well, and they cannot give birth normally... Why do so many people find abnormalities in dogs and cats 'cute' and adore to see them suffer on a daily basis? I could not stand an hour of hearing my beloved pet laboriously try to get some oxygen to his lungs. These stunted breeds did not look like this a hundred years ago.
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Cindy Snow 5 years ago
I read that dogs think were out hunting and they worry we may get eaten my a bigger predator.
Kallie Wilbourn 5 years ago
I agree that we abused the relationship with over-breeding (among other things). But there is evidence that dogs were first attracted to humans, their food remains, like bones, and eventually formed a partnership (you help hunt; then no shortage of leavings). But those dogs were probably so much different. I would say wolves have a better life if it weren't for people hunting and poisoning them.
Katrin Pana 5 years ago
Most dogs can’t survive in the wild... that’s why we see skinny dieing dogs.
Chewie Baron 5 years ago
Small and large dogs wouldn't be able to survive if humans were to disappear forever. Just medium sized dogs. And cats obvs.
Mariët 5 years ago
Dogs eat their owners too. It takes 'm days but they will.
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Diana Eriksson 5 years ago
Cats not conforming to society's expectations is exactly what society expects them to do though.
Night Owl 5 years ago (edited)
But not too big either. It has to be the perfect size. And for some cats any box will do no matter the size (see Maru)
Load More Replies... Lukyan Terdal 5 years ago
Society never expected me to be worth anything. Well, I'll show them...
Tamara Ericsson 5 years ago
All 3 of my cats... We've got pet beds scattered throughout the house, but they'd rather use the empty Goya box lmao... The beds end up getting used by the dogs 🤷🏼
Pamela Scott 5 years ago
Want to really make your cat happy get him a dog bed. They are padded way better and roomier!!!
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Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
I grew up with cats and so was always a big fan but my husband loved dogs - we eventually were able to get a dog and I realised that I absolutely love them both.
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Firework 5 years ago
I think that dogs a girl. Female dogs are bitches, look it up in the dictionary.
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Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
I am very thankful that one of my dogs, who particularly enjoys rolling in fox poo, is useless at judging where it is as he rolls on to his back and inevitably rolls NEXT to the poo. Phew... or pew...
AnimalMetalHeadUK 5 years ago
Yep, all mine LOVE fox-poo, black and greasy and so so smelly, i see them at a distance do that shoulder drop and i'm like nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't roll in that.
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Christopher Hughes 5 years ago
Don't try going close, just throw a shoe/ use a flamethrower/ blowtorch. The only real options.
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NAHUM CORBALEY 5 years ago
spiders are magical!!! they can be big as a foot and small as an inch
Mariana Cajal Aviña 5 years ago
Hahaha, true! I so don't like to kill them, but they so don't like to been send outside friendly without surprise jumps :(
Shadowpuppy_123 5 years ago
I don’t know if I should be sad that the spider's about to be killed or not..
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Christopher Hughes 5 years ago
"I punch his organs, he gives me head pats, it's a game we play"
Batty 5 years ago (edited)
That's why I like to keep my skin zipped tight :)
Load More Replies... Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
Erm... yeah. I just advise anyone who visits to wipe down the surfaces they wish to use as I've lost this game.
Bunzilla 5 years ago
We continually find kitty footprints on our electric stovetop. .... even though she burnt her toe beans once, while we weren't around. You would have thought she'd learn. But nope. (I had to doctor those little toe beans with aloe gel and scent-free moisturizer...)
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GenXandEarnedItAll 5 years ago
I hide under the bed, reach out and claw her brand-new $60 Victoria's Secret hosiery. Actually it's not a game...I just hate her boyfriend.
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Pamela Scott 5 years ago
Yeah but they insulate their dens and nests with them!
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Elina Kuusisto 5 years ago
They're actually eating the algae coating the gravel and spitting it back out.
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Olivia Masterson 5 years ago
This makes me happy that humans don't geet acquainted like dogs do. Can you imgine?
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Alexis Grunden 5 years ago
They make little indoor astro-turf piddle pads for this. You know, when it's 'Oh, H*LL naw!' degrees out~
Susann Campbell 5 years ago (edited)
If I lived in an area that snowed and I had any animal that was in the house, I would train them to go in the litter box and pee pads. Snow is for playing without surprises on your boots and snow balls. Look out Bob here comes a chocolate snow ball.
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
Me, my bro, and our dad: "It was not a good idea to eat outside, the mosquitos are eating us alive!" Mom: "No, it's fine, there are hardly any mosquitos at all." One by one, we flee inside. Mom: "Where did all the mosquitos come from?"
Nina Reyes 5 years ago
Mosquitoes laugh at me, after I spray some Off. "Nom, nom, we are thirsty hooman! We flew all the way from the chemical plant!"
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Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
I prefer to give mine cat-nip filled toys so they get kitty-stoned and leave me be for a while...
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Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
My shock when I moved from a house surrounded by fields to a house surrounded by trees... The dawn chorus is LOUD!
desert29rat 5 years ago
The doves in my yard not only sing me awake in the early morning, they also do a vigorous tap dance on the air conditioner.
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
Many years ago, we lived on a farm. There was a lovely big tree right next to our bedroom window. Every morning, whole flock of crows would sit in the tree and caw for all they were worth. I called them our Hallalieujah chorus (this is probably spelled wrong but forgive me).
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Karen Klinck 5 years ago
Some of those are quite tasty.. You mean the ornamental crabapple, which if you're lucky has NO taste.
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Maximus Prime 5 years ago
Nobody understands it doesnt want it because it is drenched in toxic pesticides? I hope all of you that like those wash them care fully and or peel them.
Sam Petter 5 years ago
Fun fact: sourness is a specific reaction to hydronium from acids, which caterpillars aren't equipped to register.
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Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
But not really- just causing a melodramatic scene to have all the commotion of emergency services and the hysterical human (who thinks they're the owner) come out in force for the unnecessary rescue. Like directing a movie.
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Pamela24 5 years ago
My mum once accidentally put her hand in between our cat's paw and ear which the cat was just about to scratch. The claws got reaaallly deep. Ever since then my mum always scratches the cat's ear very very harshly because apparently, it's what works. And this cat who taught her that in the first place had only three legs so she had real problems to scratch one of the ears and immensely appreciated it... (Sorry, I got a little carried away...memories...)
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Vaida Kuodytė 5 years ago (edited)
Also eucalyptus catches fire and burns exceptionally well. Worst tree ever.
NMN 5 years ago
They are great for making paper though (all those eucalyptus farms for paper and floor ugh...)
Load More Replies... Sam Petter 5 years ago
To make it worse, there's enough variation in eucalyptus from place to place that koalas will sometimes reject available plants bc it's too different from what they're used to
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I've gotten checks in the mail. Didn't mind those at all.
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Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Proof why the world is not flat: Cats would’ve pushed everything over the edge.
TeeMarieTisMe 5 years ago
My former roomate's cat would actually EAT the mail. She loved paper and was particularly fond of coupons.
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Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
I'm actually surprised I don't have hairballs of my own! Their hair is everywhere and on everything.
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Dutch VanZandt 5 years ago
My cats can afford the be choosy as any food they refuse is given to the neighbour's cat who treats my house like its own private takeaway... and I give mine something else off the menu.
Gabi 5 years ago
"the neighbour's cat who treats my house like its own private takeaway... " I feed a cat the same way.
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Ljdia 5 years ago
😂👍 these comics are too good. Maybe animals do hear music in everyday nature sounds, and have their own musical taste! Who knows!
My O My 5 years ago
They definitly have their own musical taste! I once had a cow that loved folk music - would always chew and nod her head to the beat. Whereas other cows really roll their eyes and ears and look miserable
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tuzdayschild 5 years ago
They eat it anyway although it's technically poison. You know, like humans with alcohol.
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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
So do I, except for when they come by the thousands. Did you know that they bite?
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Karen Hilliard 5 years ago
In spring the stink bugs are trying to leave your house, they enter in the fall.
Renny 5 years ago
Tell that to the stink bugs entering my office every other day.
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Rinpai 5 years ago
Who can make the dough rise? Sprinkle it with cheese~~~~ Cover it with sauce and add some toppings to that! The Pizza man can!
Chancey 5 years ago
Who can make the dough rise Sprinkle it with cheese Cover it with sauce and add some toppings if you please! The pizza man can, the pizza man can.
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misteriosa 5 years ago
Exactly what a friend and I discussed several years ago, when 1.5m of snow on average covered my city and surrounding towns- Look, it looks so.... clean and beautiful. It took about a week to make transportation and other things work, to clean the streets, schools were off, but honestly, the city never looked cleaner. I hate the snow but miss those times.
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Jasmina Pavlovic 5 years ago
Nothing. Just a reason to fly in his ear ... 😁
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Super Hero Fan Girl 5 years ago
No sarcastic remarks today, I enjoyed the wholesome humor. Think my heart actually beated.
Super Hero Fan Girl 5 years ago
No sarcastic remarks today, I enjoyed the wholesome humor. Think my heart actually beated.
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