wouldn't that make life for us become horrible? heres an eg. (man is eating hot dog) Dog: Gimme the hot dog! Man: "shaking head" Dog: Gimme the hot Dooog! Man: No Dog: Just Gimme the fricken hot dog!
Hehe, that'd finally solve whether cats or dogs are smarter
It'd be interesting though, if they could talk (Intelligibly, conversation/thought) then what would religion make of that? Would they have souls too? There would also be many applications, spy birds, rescue dolphins...
If animals could be able to talk, Animal Farm would happen. Animals would somehow get smarter than us and overthrow us for being the only animal that does eats and does not produce. Then they would chase us out and rule their own kingdom and thrive. They then would get powerhungry and be unfair to eachother. Then they will destroy themselves eventually.