Willingly to school: How animals are taught. Taplinger Publishing Company. 2017-06-09. ISBN 9780800883409.

A variation is used in the sequels to The Land Before Time, where there are apparently two dinosaur languages, one used by the T. rex characters (and possibly other "Sharpteeth") and one used by everyone else. An odd exception to the rule is Chomper, the baby 'Sharptooth' who (presumably) learned to speak the 'conventional' dinosaur language and the exclusive 'Sharptooth' language (shown when translating his parents language to Littlefoot). Interestingly, some non-dinosaurs can speak the same language as the herbivorous dinosaurs, including carnivores. Chris Berry; So-yŏng Kim; Lynn Spigel (January 2010). Electronic Elsewheres: Media, Technology, and the Experience of Social Space. U of Minnesota Press. pp.39–. ISBN 978-0-8166-4736-1 . Retrieved 19 August 2013. And certain versions only function for a subset of animals. The racial spell-like ability of Gnomes only permits communication with burrowing mammals (which cuts haphazardly across taxonomic lines, explicitly including foxes but not necessarily all canids, and badgers but not all mustelids). Annals of the Western Shore: Gry's power is some kind of telepathy, but it works only on animals because human thoughts are too complex. (She can also detect babies in utero until a certain stage of development.) Down Played in All Dogs Go to Heaven as well. Dogs can only communicate with other dogs, and the orphan girl Anne-Marie, is able to speak to all animals. (This is made explicit when it's clear that Anne-Marie is being exploited by Carface -and later by Charlie, before his Heel–Face Turn- to bet on animal races, since she can inform him who will win.) This is held pretty consistent throughout the film... except when it isn't (i.e., King Gator and Charlie's big Disney Acid Sequence duet.)

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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: The horses can talk to each other, but not to humans. Unlike other examples where animals are the main characters, the Translation Convention isn't used. All living creatures have the ability to think, feel, and communicate although most people have forgotten this. No hocus-pocus, no wishful thinking, this book teaches how to open up to the messages that animals around us are sending all the time. With the Animal Talks comes a new information panel. Each talk can be set up for one habitat or exhibit, and one species of animal. Through this panel, you will be able to:

In August, Lyndsey Hyde of Tennessee posted a video to Vine featuring a goat that sounds like it is saying "What? What? What?" The 6-second clip went viral with more than 7 million views on the video-sharing app.

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Spies in Disguise: Being turned into a pigeon allows Lance to understand what other pigeons are saying. All we hear onscreen is cooing, though. Lance can also talk to Walter and understand him fluently.

a b Jordania, Joseph (2006). Who Asked the First Question? The Origins of Human Choral Singing, Intelligence, Language and Speech. Tbilisi: Logos. ISBN 978-99940-31-81-8. Donkey Hodie: "The Cow And Potato Bug Opera" features a strange example of this trope. There is a scene where Donkey Hodie tells Stanley Dragon that the audience wouldn't understand what his friend, Mr. Anybuggy, who is a bug, was saying if he played the potato bug. However, different parts of the episode show Stanley and Donkey talking to him and understanding his speech, which the viewers hear as buzzing.The Princess and the Frog: All animals can speak with each other but not with humans. However, when Naveen and Tiana are transformed into frogs they gain the ability to hear animals speak English yet do not lose the ability to communicate with other humans. Mama Odie appears to be able to understand Animal Talk in her human form, though this is justifiable in that she uses voodoo. In 5th edition, Forest Gnomes' ability has been changed to speak with small animals, which causes similar weirdness regarding exactly which animals it might work on. Where do they go when they leave Earth, and how do we ease the loss and help them transition to the other side? Despite dealing with death, this is not a sad and depressing book at all, in fact it is quite uplifting and makes your heart feel warm. P.H.