[sweetliberty]

And it could be simply that many animals have highly tuned senses that we do not relate to and might mistakenly refer to as "telepathic." They do sometimes seem that way. I think the word itself may be being used too loosely. For example, a lot of animals react to changes in weather or an impending storm or earthquake well before their human counterparts. Some people would consider that ESP of a sort. Just because we may not understand something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist or that God has nothing to do with it.

[millefleur]

sweetliberty, I thought you might enjoy this story from an Affenpinscher website about animal communication :

Now those last pups did another new thing with the ramp from the top of the packing crate. Two pups were sitting at the top of the ramp looking down, suddenly, they turned and stared at each other in what I call a telepathic look. When the stare broke they dashed down the ramp together and busily dug up a rock as large as their heads.

Each picked up one side of the rock and carefully they carried it up to the top of the ramp in a perfect concert of effort. Turning at the top took a little figuring then they faced the top of the ramp with the stone in their mouths. A sideways look at each other and they dropped the rock. Looking as wise as owls they sat and watched it roll down the ramp. One more meaningful glance at each other and the pups reverted to being playful dogs again.

I had the spooky feeling that some Newtonian law had been independently rediscovered and dismissed as kid stuff! Why with all the balls and toys in the yard did the pups dig up a big rock? How did they decide to dig it up and move it together? Why did they dig up a rock when there were so many loose ones available? What on earth did they learn form their experiment in rock rolling?

I'm sure I'll never know and no animal behaviorist will ever believe the observations I've made. But then, they seem to study wolves or beagles or something while I am watching Affenpinschers!

[norton]

I have to step into this one:
I live with eight (gasp!) cats.
three are talkers.
four are physical about giving notice.
one sits still for about 30 seconds until you come along and do what she wants done.
Happens every time....

[Axenolith]

Our cats have gone on "Whacko Cat" sprees a couple of times starting ~15 minutes before a near epicenter 3+ earthquake has rocked the house.