There's a big old possum that likes to sneak up on my deck and eat the dogs' leftovers. On the occasions where the dogs have caught him, he plays possum - and let me tell you, it completely freaks out my oldest dog. He now thinks that he can kill with a loud bark, and the guilt adds too his neuroses.
Hee hee. Another of the many great things about dogs -- they are simultaneously brilliant and clueless.
Maybe you should contact this guy...
The "Bow-lingual", developed by Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Co. Ltd, consists of a six-centimetre dog collar microphone that transmits sounds to a palm-sized console. The console uses 200 different words, including "fun", "boring" and "happy", to translate six basic dog "emotions" in real time. The system sounds viable, says Roger Mugford, a dog psychiatrist based in Surrey. "There are common elements to the speech of every dog," he said. However, he added that dog-owners should not need computers to interpret their pets' desires.
It was an extremely tough possum, 'cause he was gone in the morning. And he's never been back. (Maybe she did successfully dispatch him, and something else got the body.)