Heroes of fairy tales often possess a wonderful gift to understand the language of animals and plants. In reality, people are able to communicate only with each other. However, scientific achievements are quite capable of changing the situation. Recently, Daniel Moran and Thomas Pearce from the University of Washington could, in the literal sense of the word, read the thoughts of monkeys, vivyv them electrodes.

The researchers attached to the heads of the two rhesus several electrodes, and then taught them to play a simple computer game. By its terms, the monkeys were offered with a joystick to move the cursor to the ball in the middle of the screen. It allowed to measure the activity of neurons in the brain of animals that occurs during movement.

Later the game was complicated by setting between the cursor and the purpose of the obstacle which had to overcome. For the successful result of each macaque would reward sweets or a glass of juice. And then it turned out that indicators of brain activity two monkeys are very different.

"I have combined the results of experiments, " says Pearce. - Nothing worked, and I was upset because of the fact that the data contradicted each other. I reviewed them separately and saw that they were quite different. It turned out that each monkey developed his own method for solving the problem!".

The first of experimental monkeys was too impatient. She began to move the cursor on the screen, not waiting until it will be a goal and an obstacle. And only then I started to think what to do next. The second approached the problem in a more balanced way. She waited appears on the monitor of all three objects, and then proceeded to problem solving. Due to this it was possible to follow the train of thought of both participating in the experiment.

Almost all living creatures have tools that allow them to communicate among themselves and to understand each other. So, entomologists found that mosquitoes and flies, fruit flies used to recognize the sounds of supersensitive microenance located on the head. And snakes catch the sound vibration of the earth with the help of the jaws.

"Talk" not only animals, but also plants. Remember, in the tale of Alice in Wonderland heroine asked whether all the flowers could talk, and she replied that Yes, they're just too shy to speak first? Experts from the International scientific Association found that the roots of plants really do produce different sounds depending on the situation. So, using a laser vibrometer was able to document that the roots of corn, if it is disturbed, publish "dissatisfied" clicks.

Similar research was undertaken before. Back in the 60-ies of the last century Cleve Baxter, by connecting to the plants lie detector, came to the conclusion that they are able to respond to various stimuli. So, the plant is published "danger signal", when the room was a part of man specifically "hidden" him, causing "pain".

In addition, researchers have hypothesized that plants can communicate with each other. For example, found that meadow grass warn their relatives on the approximation of grazing animals, producing chemicals.

In January of this year were published results of research of scientists from Oxford University. In the same bed were growing peas and other plants. When peas are often watered and his neighbors for a long time lacked moisture. Soon the scientists noticed that the peas became close the pores of their leaves to retain moisture, although this was not necessary. However, a few hours later, he apparently realized that the danger for him personally, no, and re-opened them. Apparently, the reason was the information received from neighbors in the garden.

If animals and plants capable of supporting communication among themselves, exchanging sound and other signals, then can we understand them? A few years ago at the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted an interesting experiment: using hardware human speech was converted into electromagnetic oscillations. This electromagnetic field irradiated plants. Now, when people "cursed" plants, "scolded ' "threatened", then after irradiation those killed or mutated. But if the plant "praised", it is not only alive - he still torn and restored previously chain DNA!

Contact now it works only in one way: we have not yet learned to understand what they say plants and "brothers our smaller". Although it is possible that one day we will have devices that will translate "language" wildlife in the usual sounds and words.