Animal Intelligence

This is a video about a dog that talks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c8MMiytwNs 

Dog's intelligence

There are many animal's intelligent, but I choose the dog, because is my favorite animal. Dogs are very intelligent animals, that the police used to search the drug, and help the blind to walk,despite being trained for something specific this animals are good companions for people. The dogs intelligence is similiar to humans, because they doesn't talk but they make some sounds, they cry, eat, I think they are like humans.

Dogs are very smart, because they understand what the owners ask them to do it, for example in movies dogs will lead the newspaper to their owners, in real life this may not happen, but if you train them they would be able to do it. Each person should have a dog if he or she is not allergic to these animals, they are 
good company more than cats. If you buy an animal you would understand what they want.         

In my house I have a french poodle, he don't speak, but when someone talks to him he moves his head trying to understand what we are saying, when he wants to go for a walk it makes a sound like the dog of the video. Once my dad told us that he was entering when the dog followed him and started to make various sounds like talking to him, was very funny when he told us. He says dogs are the best friends of the human being, in my opinion that's true because they are with us every moment. 

Reported speech:

Reported speech also called indirect speech reports what a speaker said without using his or her exact words.

Use words like said (that), told, indicated, mentioned, reported, etc. to show that you are reporting information that someone else said.

When you are reporting what a speaker or article said, "backshift" the verb in the indirect speech statement.

Original: "We are conducting some interesting research with chimps ".
Reported: the scientist explained that she was conducting some interesting research with chimps.

The verb in the reported speech has shifted back in time, in this case from the present continous to the past continous.

Note: If you are reporting a person's unchanging beliefs or a general truth, rather than an event, it is necessary to change the tense of the original verb.

Original: "Many animals are remarkably intelligent".
Reported: The zoologist told her students that many animals are/were remarkably intelligent.

Glossary:

Socialized: Trained to behave in a way that is acceptable to others in your group.
Deceive: Make someone believe something that is not true.
Intriguing: Interesting because it's unusual or unexpected.
Vocalize: Make a sound with the voice.
Rote memorization: Learned from repeating and not from thinking.
Categorize: Put objects into groups according to what kind, color, size, etc. they are.
Figure out: Conclude, realized.
Context: The situation, events or information related to something.
Remarkable: Incredible, intriguing.
Ape: Gorilla, chimpanzee.
Aware: Mindful, conscious.
In captivity: Protected, restricted.
Cognition: Understanding, perception.   
Manipulate: Handle, use.
Prevailing: Current, established.
Research: Experiment, study.
Pest: Animals that create to disturbance or bother people.
Compassion: Kidness.
Nuisance: Something that bothers or annoys.
Diseases: Sicknesses.