Does Billi Use All Of Her Buttons? | BilliSpeaks
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- One of the more common questions/comments we receive is along the lines of “64 buttons?! Does she use them all?!”
The answer is yes! She definitely has buttons that are used more often cough mad/fan toy/pets *cough*, but I’ve put together a compilation of every button being used in the last 10 months (the length of time we’ve been in this apartment). I hope you enjoy!
While it’s hard to generalize a percentage of the known vocabulary that an average English speaker uses, it’s been thrown out that daily conversation is probably around 3-10% (if you’re rather verbose!) of the total number of words we actually know. If Billi is using her buttons in the same manner, the slant towards more commonly used buttons would hold true.
This was a time consuming but fun project for me to put together, if you’d like to see other compilations let me know in the comments!
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Billi is a female domestic shorthair, she's 14 years old, her favorite word is mad.
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I think the accidental step and then oops really shows she knows that she's communicating. She'd have no reason to turn around and push oops if she just thought she was pushing buttons at random to get attention like I've seen some people postulate is happening. And then mad after was just so relatable. Small little mistake, but she's expressing frustration with having made one. So cute.
This 👆
I loved the oops!
Except that animals don’t think in sentences, or syntax, or mistakes, or guilt, or redos, the list goes on. As a certified trainer it’s just sad to watch average people think that they’re actually teaching their pet anything at all
@@StaticResurreXion deaf people don't think verbally, do they? if someone learns a new language later in life, they don't constantly think in that language, do they?
intelligent animals can communicate with each other and other species, including humans, without any sort of training or buttons - these things only make their communications more clear for us when it works out.
now of course the size difference between the brain of a cat and a human makes extended and/or complex conversations impossible. but to deny that any connections could be made is simply absurd.
@@champagnesupernova1839 Brain size is not a valid indicator of intelligence anymore. Between studies showing bird brains work much differently than historically thought to and a specific slime passing all the scientific tests to determine actual intelligence, simply having what humans recognize as a brain is no longer even a valid starting point. While in some instances brain to body ratio may affect the thought process, it is only human vanity to wholeheartedly believe that humans are the only ones who can have intelligence (as is the person you posted your response comment to - Static Resurrection), be it demonstrated verbally or with actions.
There are black kites (raptors)that use fire to it's own advantage, as in it picks up something that is already burning/smoldering then flies to an area not affected by fire, drops it to create another burn area so that is is easier to find prey during droughts. This has only been seen in Australia. Tell me that is not seriously intelligent! They are the only known species to use fire as such a tool aside from humans.
Personally I think Billi is communicating in what is probably her second learned language, her primary one being her natural verbalizations/body language and her first learned one being whatever she focused on early in life to understand whatever she wanted to learn.
@Champagne Supernova none of the above should be taken in a negative light with regards to what you posted. Please do not take my directness for anything insinuating insult or detriment to you! The so called "certified trainer" 'Static Resurrection' made me rather annoyed at their display of outright tunnel vision, troll style. That is where any bite in my words comes from.
Animals are so much more than the masses of humans give them credit for. Not only in language skills or intelligence, but in social groups, family groups, inter species interaction + cooperation + understanding. Only the small minded and afraid seek to diminish the amazing wonders that other life forms are.
Billi - you freakin rock!!
[Edited to fix typos, but probably still missed some]
I find it interesting that Billy actually enjoys this extra level of communication. She actually uses it as a tool to communicate with her humans. She realised it´s a way to convey some emotions and wants and needs and she wants to communicate them. It´s pretty impressive to watch it happening.
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@@X_BFBreel Congrats :)
It’s clearly beyond the point of koko the gorilla, as we are allowed to see complete interactions without jumpcuts, and the audience isn’t locked out of the communication due to the faux “primate sign language”.
Moreover Billi is clearly beyond the point of merely attempting permutations to get a reward, and has been observed to use the buttons when the humans are not nearby/paying attention.
Talking to one’s self is a formative linguistic behavior that is often seen in human children.
One failure of the medium is the inability for Billi to “stumble into” new word, perhaps saying hope instead of soap, the parent would provide context for the new word.
In this case Billi’s vocabulary can only expand when more buttons are added.
Other cats: meow
Billi: where do you work, Mom? Your friend is a squirrel. Let’s play with the birds outside. Do you hear that dog barking? Oops, I hit that button on accident. Please pet my back. I’d like more food, Dad. Love you.
Yes! 😆 I adore her. Great comment. Warm wishes from Minnesota!
Also, I just realized that (at lest what we see of) Billi's comunication has gotten much more consistent. Back when Billi had only 2 hexagons, it was just "food" and "pets" and "mad" when she didn't get them. Then there was a phase where some of her "sentences" frequently made little sense (or required serious interpretation). But now, most of her sentences are reasonably clear.
@@Pystro Great that her mom never gave up on letting Billi learn
My cat "WARBLegarble...." "Nrrrrrreeeeoooooooooommmmrrrrrrr" "Woe.... woe .... (tiny voice) woe" "MAR! MARRRRrrrr" "Rao" "Meow" "Mew" *turkey noise* Oi, the talkingest donkey, I mean cat, you ever saw Not always... but she gets her point across better than my three year old sometimes.
This is so cute. Wish i had this with my siamese she lived till 20. Very smart cat. Very vocal.
I love how cats can simultaneously look so engaged in thought and so completely vacant
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36:10 is incredible to me. Billi recognizing she might have hurt you on accident, and asking about it, to then say "Love You" so you know she didn't mean to hurt you. What a sweet kitty!
Yes, it was amazing to see she felt sorry for hurting mom.
At least she didn't say ouch when dad was singing
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Dad noise, Billi ouch ear 😂
Apparently dad sings better then the hamilton soundtrack 😂😂...
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Mom: Mom work with outside animal (outside dog, outside cat, outside squirrel, outside bird)
Billi: How very dare you???
I wonder how Kendra can tell her, mom work with outside Animals to help them with their ouch
Exactly 😁💐
@@izabellakaliszka4804 Yeah! That would make more sense to Billi maybe? Mom makes outside animals ouch bye?
@@maetodecember hmmm ...
Mom works
*Mom* *work*
With outside Animals
*Outside* *dog* *outside* *cat* *outside* *bird* .
And mommy helps them with their ouch
*Mom* *help* *ouch* *bye* .
i had always wondered how, and if, we can communicate to them that humans *have* to work to gain money and make a living, and it is not usually out of fun
Also I love that coffee is "catnip water"
Thanks i was trying to figure out what catnip water is haha
She's not wrong
Her learning you play with other animals processing it and getting mad is hilarious 🤣 you need to do a bring Billi to work day!!!
I think she’d spam the mad button if I did that 😂
@@BilliSpeaks 🤣🤣🤣
@@BilliSpeaks or you would have a new co-worker lol
@@BilliSpeaks The Billi community has decided we need a cat carrier take Billi to work day then we need the Billi blog 🤣🤣
Surely the cat can already smell the scents from coworkers and zoo animals on her when she comes home after work?
I'm sure this was quite an undertaking to edit, but as always massively appreciated. I still think that maybe Billi's insistence on calling her new friend "Squirrel" was trying to give her a new name. She has buttons to name mom, dad & grandma so this friend she likes very much needs her own button!
Either way, it's absolutely adorable.
This was really cool to see how much Billie communicates and all the complex buttons she uses
I was thinking she saw a squirrel and was mentioning that. But maybe your right. Regardless a new button for the friend would be good with a picture of his face and have it say his name. That would be cool.
Friend might have had a big pony tail.
Billi's buttons are also grouped into categories - the toys, time-related word, and names are each together. Bird and squirrel are positioned near the names. Perhaps Billi decided that this one friend (Gracie?) needed her own name, and having no other button, assigned her one that was available?
Your dedication to work with Billy, to play with her, to document her progress, to share it with us, and be an amazingly good cat mother, it's incredible. Congratulations and thanks for sharing this ❤️
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POV: You go to visit with your friend's cat and the next thing you know you're having an existential crisis/argument with the cat over whether or not you are a squirrel.
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I'm kinda convinced it was a joke actually...
The fact that she has a concept of 'before' absolutely blew my mind! So they sit and think about things that happened 'before'. It's tilted my reality for sure. I can't stop watching these wonderful interactions.
Yeah alot of animals have concepts of before and after. Curious cats have the what ifs too into the future (and probably before but that's definitely harder to communicate
Cats have intelligence and curiosity of 2-4 yo toddler so they do have concept of before, yesterday or after, tomorrow or in 5 min please. Very intelligent cat like mine understands "I don't understand what you try to tell me. Show me" and he will take me, lead the way, make sure I follow and show me what he wants. Now I understand miau for dirty toilet, water, I want a bath (that means to let water run in a bath sink and he will clean him self) and many more. If you listen carefully each one is different way of miao, mao, mauiiii, ma mauuuu etc. When he needs me his will even say mamaaa. They are smarter than we think, but that only makes us stupid for not knowing it till now and arrogant for thinking we are the only onse able to think. They have very similar brain functions as people actually, scientifically proven.
"Billi and Mom catnip."
When your pet suggests you both get high today...
Gonna have to finish watching later, but already a short amount shows how clever and complex her thoughts can be. Her asking about your work threw me off. But it also showed she can probably imagine what you told her about work. And that she sees your life beyond when you are home. Then the idea that with her oops, cats can be just as frustraited with themselves as us....just amazing. It's one thing to get annoyed with the human, it's another to look at even reasonable mess ups and wish she did better.
"Why am _I_ not allowed to 'work' with outside bird???" - Billi
@@johannageisel5390 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love your comment so much! Definitely what Billi was thinking.
So much personality
that series of 'want' 'oops' 'mad' was hilarious
What really nails the message home is her body language... Especially the intense tail wiggling when she's mad
Nouns are one thing, but her ability to use adverbs and determiners with facility is telling a profound story about animal consciousness that I think is long overdue.
I absolutely am in Awe of how Smart Billi was. I just found out she passed recently and cried heckin hard. RIP Beautiful Billi!
I didn’t cry, but how heartbreaking to know. 💔❤️🩹
Absolutely love that clip of Dad singing and Billi not comprehending. 😂😂😂 This must've been so hard to put together, but it's very appreciated!
That’s one of my favorites too 😂
What time in the clip? I remember it, but can't find it.
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I think He meant to Press the button "dad" after i do Not understand
Dad singing dethklok - awaken! Rise!
Dad: *singing
Billi: What the fck is going on here on this day?
Billi asking mom where she works... What? We certainly underestimate the cognitive abilities of our house pets, don't we? Billi is amazing!
Billi using “then” and other time words to plan out her day is so impressive!!! She didn’t know she needed these words, but you noticed her efforts and now both of you can be more specific than just “later”!
I still love how she gave squirrel-friend her squirrel nickname. Oh Billi how I wish I could give you some pets, you're amazing and you don't even know it. 😩❤️
I was so glad to see squirrel naming made it in! Probably my favorite video! I just got to it.
I wonder if Billie enjoyed the laughter and commotion it caused when she, accidentally or experimentally, hit the squirrel button, and so then kept hitting it to get the humans' uproarious response.
Sorry. Another thought: I too wish I could have a chance to give bunches of love to Billie, and, talk with her also. How amazing would that be?
Perhaps she associates the squirrel button with any quality a person and a squirrel could feasibly share. Moves around rapidly? Makes high-pitched sounds? Has reddish-brown hair or dark eyes?
Billi is like an little child. She is smart, intelligent, curious it's incredible to see how many word she can memorize and she interact on her one way
When she pushes “no” and “back” when the toy lands on her back … so crazy! That’s amazing stuff right there. I have three young cats that I’d like to start training with these buttons. How would one go about training multiple cats with these?
Check out our website for getting started resources! @catmanjohn is an account with multiple cats, if you don’t already follow them.
@@BilliSpeaks thank you!
I love how she understands so much and clearly wants to know more
2:17 Wow - this video is going to make me think twice about laughing at my cat. Who knew they could be so sensitive!? 😂
My cat is SO sensitive and proud. If she gets a hint that we are laughing at her (or that we saw her make a mistake), she would bite us (hard) and be mad for hours. We learned the wrong way to not laugh at her (or to not get caught laughing at her.... we have to pretend we are laughing at a joke or something) xD.
I love how Billi looks right at the camera after pressing a button lol . She totally knows she’s being recorded
'Did you see how smart and cute Iam? Make sure to record plenty so I will go down in history!'
@@jeanneann3545 hahahaha exactly!
This is because the camera is “activated” by noise or moving, it clicks singularly when it skips from monitoring to recording. I imagine she is looking for, or expecting that click noise
OMG, I read your comment as she looked into the camera!!! 💥💯🤔
This video obviously took a long time to create and edit. Thank you for demonstrating how she uses each button. You’re both amazing! Dad’s pretty great too! 😂
is there a reason for word grouping? can you move buttons and she recognize the icon picture still? Billie is remarkable. thank you for efforts.
Cats learning to use buttons to communicate is such a good way to exercise their minds and allows them to better understand their owners.
thank you for the captions (on both the buttons, what the people are saying, transcribing various noises in the house, etc)! im HOH so it helps me a lot, thank you for the accessibility :)
You’re welcome! I am too, subtitles save me!
I have poor information processing so cc really helps me too, subtitles for all!
I recently watched a video where someone who claimed to have whatever degrees cast doubt on whether Billi and Bunny were actually understanding what their buttons mean. Her conjecture was that their owners were imparting meaning where it didn't exist, and that the only worthwhile communication was verbal.
*WHAT A BIG STEAMING PILE OF BS.*
I've watched virtually every Billi and Bunny video and it's clear that each pet has their own set of terms, idioms, and objectives when they communicate: i.e. *they know exactly what **_they_** intend to communicate.* It *is* up to us to interpret, but the language has become established between owner and pet. And it is very real and very worthwhile.
So, I would urge any so-called knowledgeable skeptics to get a pet, get some button, then interact with said pet via the buttons to gain empirical evidence before speaking on the subject.
Yep. Plus they only watched about 2 minutes of Billi and then decided to give their professional 🙄 opinion 🤣
Agree!!!!!!!!
There's another one I watch frequently. I think it's catmanjohn or something to that effect. They have at least 3 or 4 cats but the one that talks with buttons is Russell and he's whip smart. I think he's a rescue from a hoarder so he's very very insistent on cleanliness.
They're all quite remarkable. There's no way all of these furparents are manipulating these interactions.
@@notorioustori I didn't know Russell is a rescue from a hoarder. That does indeed explain his insistence on cleanliness, nothing being out of place and getting the laundry done. 😀
@@LindaVernon I didn't either until very recently! It's the vid where he used the "litter" button but he was surprisingly talking about the cardboard boxes (trash) by the door! 😵😅
Thank you so much for the compilation and the work that went into it.
You’re welcome!
Just coming to say the same thing. Lots of work to compile. Love Billie
Me three. Thanks for all that work!
Was thinking the same! So enjoyable!! Many thanks!
This was my first thought too, a lot of work to put this together and it's awesome. Thank you BilliSpeaks!
A 50+ minute compilation? What a treat!
The range of Billies' vocabulary is getting immense! We might only see snapshots into her life but what fascinating pictures they are!
I will never forget how she told you she was sick just before she vomited then got upset you wanted to check her before it got cleaned up.
The buttons saved her life and I am so glad.
I love it when she calls out dad, we only see these white socks coming into the screen! Love the difference between mom and dad in reacting to the calls of Billi. "What's up kid, this better be golf related" 🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely had no idea that cats could understand all like humans.
I feel unhappy that when my kitties were alive, we together missed out on all of this communication.
They understood my words, but I had no idea their minds were always thinking.
Billie has blown my mind by opening up all this new revelation of cats understanding sequences of events, concept of time.....
We could have had such a richer relationship if only we could have communicated the way Billi and you communicate.
This realization ...
I am crying...
So much I missed out on of their thoughts and feelings...😭
You still showed them love and that’s beautiful. I’m sure they loved you so much and even if they couldn’t directly say things, they were happy with you
We miss a lot more in human-human communications. ua-cam.com/video/UZRf5ncyKDg/v-deo.html
The look on her face when you said you work with other animals...
Yes and if you watch closely, she actually actually flinches when Kendra says "outside cat."
As someone else said in the comments it would be really fascinating to study the communication between kittens from birth to adult who use this form of communication, Billi being able to communicate is such a revolutionary thing and honestly wont be surprised to see this being the precursor to animal talking devices
I just knew she would be mad when you listed the outside animals that you work with!😂
The "come" followed by "Smell" is an adorable interaction cause she was curious why you were "Smelling" so much.
you know it's a good day when a cat stumps you.
Now we can binge watch Billi! 🥰🥰🥰
Also:
"Ouch where?"
"Mom no ouch"
"Love you"
is just tooooooo cute! 😻😻😻
1:43 i love how Billi looks at you when you say “outside cat” like she is jealous, then shortly after presses “mad” her communication skills are very good. she seems to very well understand not only the buttons but your speech, she is indeed a very smart kitty ❤
Billi going to dad for food because mom won't give it to her is pretty funny, it's even better that she knows she's not supposed to have more so she sits next to the dispenser instead of hitting the button so mom doesn't hear her asking for food. Sneaky kitty
I was going to say that Billi says „MAD“ after hearing that mom works with „outside animals“ 😂
It's interesting that Billi always uses their front left paw to press the buttons, I find that so interesting!
It is kinda neat huh? It’s sorta like how we have dominant hands. They have dominant paws hahaha
That is a good point actually!!
@@emilyshaw286 About 75% of cats have a preferential paw, and in the overall cat population it's a roughly equal split betwixt right- or left-pawed. Interestingly, studies have shown that female cats seem to be right-pawed than males.
A Billi Speaks anthology
A tremendous amount of work
That's brought so much joy to so many people
You're a squirrel had me. 🤣🤣
What an absolute treasure. She is so remarkably Intelligent. Even capable of asking you where you work, of that is what she was asking. And clearly she can understand you without your buttons because she has the "I don't understand" button.
I think my favorite part of watching Billi use the buttons to communicate, it's when she's responding to a question or formulating a question and she stops thinks about it and then turns around and walks very deliberately to whatever word button that she needs. I think this particular video showing the map and the different word groupings and their relationships really goes a long way to demonstrating the legitimacy of using this form of facilitated communication with Billi. It makes sense that locations in a room and locations on your body be next to each other just like questions and identity being next to each other.
I watched this whole thing. I bet it took hours to edit. Editing takes a LOT of time. Wow Billi is so smart! Just amazing! So cool!
Hours indeed 😹 I yelled “Billi has too many buttons!” in frustration many times lol. But overall was fun to go back through videos!
Wow 🤩🤩🤩
@@BilliSpeaks One cannot ever have too many buttons 🧙♂️
"oops" then "mad" she's so relatable
I've seen* (edit) most of these already. But a compilation puts things in perspective. The squirrel one was the cutest. But the use of the "I don't understand" button is by far the most impressive.
Besides the fact that this video is incredible - can we talk about your "Easily excited by sea lions" mug? You have the best mugs.
😹😹 I have an addiction
I feel like this should be a bigger deal in terms of what science knows about cat-human interaction and communication, and what we think we know about cats and animal psychology in general.
It’s a scientific study with I believe 1000 participants. The woman has a has a biology and veterinary degree. This is recorded findings for the study.
Frans de Waal wrote a book " are we smart enough to understand how smart animals are". The book documents the long, tragic, infuriating list of excuses humans have used to refuse to acknowledge animals intelligence. The goalposts are ever moved. And when all else fails, humans just ignore studies like these.
This is way better than people just making up what cats are saying and adding subtitles.
Yes, your cat is smart. When I had cats 30 years ago, I figured there was some untapped brain power that was lost in the word, "meow." My cat was 1/4 Siamese, so she was very vocal which was great. It felt like she would curse me out when I came home late from work and was late with her dinner. Now I know for a fact the hunch was right. This is great, you've proven that cats aren't so different than us after all. Keep up with these videos, this stuff is awesome!
My cat is vocal if I leave her outside too much XD
Can we take our time to appreciate Billi's memory??
I would be looking for those buttons each time frustrated!
[Mad] [Mad] [Mad]
I think she's using muscle and spacial memory here (+ auditory) more than visual!
Definitely as cats close vision is terrible so she probably can't see the images on the buttons at all
9:22 whats "catnip water" 😂 is that coffee?
Billi is the best! Love when she pushes mad.🤣
It's amazing not only can she communicate with words but also plan for the future with a human (zoom zoom later night) and understand trading (pets/cuddles for fan toy). So cool!!
Been following you guys on IG for about half a year and a couple here. Grown more n more fascinated with Billi, looking forward to her videos. I just watched this whole long one. Her intelligence/communication is on a whole different level than dogs' with buttons. I assumed already before that cats are smarter than dogs - with individual/breed variation, of course - but Billi proves it.
She knows. She's a
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I feel like she has a degree of purposefulness that dogs don't have.
@@steggopotamus yep. And she's not just expressing needs. Dogs mainly tell what they want. Billi also comments, gives statements... it's not all about food, play and pets. She has strategies to get to an end - not necessarily trying to get there directly. Three are way more nuances and complexity in her expressed thinking than I've seen dogs having.
The "oops" had me floored
16:49 while the squirrel part before is even more amazing, I just love Billi‘s routine quality time with her Mom.
I found myself glued to this as soon as I found it, and watched the whole thing immediately.
When I studied Latin, which is a language mostly without word order, the first drafts of translations we did sounded very much like Billi's longer sentences. Further she'll string nouns together when we might recognize one as an adjective, for example, catnip water (inspired!). Is it possible she might understand ownership? Mom's mug, Billi's Fan Toy. Normally I wouldn't think that could be true, but cats are territorial.
I'm wondering if she might understand some prepositions as well, like from, and to; from outside, from bedroom, settle to bedroom.
Your linguistic connection with your kitty is so cool, and so sweet. I love your videos, and the patient, empathetic way you button with her.
She might! We may get there some day 🤗
@@BilliSpeaks Aw! Smart kitty!
I really wonder how much of a difference it would make if you taught a very young cat to use these buttons. I mean we all should agree that early taught speech in humans makes a HUGE difference. but how much would it make in cats? like a 6 week old cat is introduced to buttons.
Well there are over 3000 animals in the study Billie is part of and I know as lot of other cat owners have been inspired by Kendra and Billie to start using buttons so there probably is a cat like the one you discribed out there!
There are also some cats out there that might really do amazing things with these buttons if given the oppertunity. Indy from the Walter and Santi channel comes to mind. That cat can blast though challanges and learn much quicker than most other cats.
I absolutely agree, and it will be interesting to learn about animals exposed to buttons at an earlier age. I'm still so impressed that a cat Billi's age has learned to use buttons so successfully. Billi has been in an environment for years where she gets lots of interaction and exposure to language, which must help, but just starting to use speech to express yourself at Billi's age is pretty dang impressive.
@@Catherinzsl Ofc it is impressive that billie learned it at that age. but i want to see what the maximum is. and how much of a difference it makes that billie was raised with humen from a young age. i bet billie already had some form of understanding of human language. similar like a child, that is surrounded by complex music from a young age, developes perfect pitch. it is theorized that perfect pitch basically is the human brain learning to differentiate notes like processing language. they just hear that a note is a E2 like they know the color blue or any other. i think it would not only be of scientific interest to see a young cat learn the buttons, but also a feral that has not had much human contact in their youth. this is so interesting
Try @ToddTalks …
almost an hour of billi cuteness?
Thanks for the compilations.
44:39 I've seen cats run around the house at night. This is the first time I ever saw a cat say: Later tonight I want to run around the house.
WOW That's impressive!
I held out for this after reading your comment. She is incredible! 😂😂
I always always thought my animals knew far more than anyone else thought they did. This proves it.
Thank you so much for compiling these moments, as it gives a really clear picture of the way Billi uses the buttons with intention. When she looks at camera, we can appreciate her sharp mind, as well. My favourite moment is when Billi is blissfully lying with her new 'Mousies'. That's true contentment, right there :)
We love you, Billi 💕🐾
Mousey heaven ☁️☁️
Wow! Billi's button layout. This is something to get a visual layout of her vocabulary. And to see clips of Billi and Mom 'talking' is the best. Dad and Billi have a sweet relationship.
My cat is the same way when I sing. And when I whistle, she gets _really_ concerned. She'll look at me like, "You're making bird sounds but you're not a bird. Are you okay?"
The other day I got a nerve block done and I was panicking a bit. I usually ask people if they have cats and try to have a convo about that to calm myself.
I also had my blu-tooth hat on and was watching Billi while they prepped me. My mom was there, too, and the convo we had about whether or not Billi knew What the was doing Was SUPER distracting, thank you! I love Billi and her big, beautiful eyes.
I wish I could teach my boy how to case the buttons. He is in a lot of pain and discomfort without meds, but he is so out of it. I am amazed that Billi is elderly and ill (right? kidney troubles ?) and still doing all of these activities. It makes me think that these buttons sort of gave her more to learn and live for, as well as helping her feel a stronger connection and sense of satisfaction because she can communicate more specific information.
I was loving this but doubting at the same time.. but the part where dad gives her a treat and makes her jump to the top level and then he goes back to what he was doing and Billi walks over and hits “more” yep I am convinced she actually does understand and communicates very well!! Love u Bulli girl! ❤
that squirrel clip is still my favorite so far, Billi has some humor in a way, to nickname her friend as squirrel, the first time i watched it i had to pause because i was crying and laughing too hard
Billi is a genius. I didn't know there were that many buttons. She navigates around them so gracefully without looking or miss stepping on any of them. Too bad there isn't a way to test her IQ. I'm sure it's higher than we, as humans, would even imagine. Than you for taking the time putting this tutorial together for us humans to understand how Princess Billi's communication skills work. 💕 You, Billi.
Honestly I don't think she is a genious. Just a normal cat that learned. Cats are so much smarter and complex than we give them credit for. (Many animals are)
@@Netbase2000 I completely agree with this. I feel like people tend to see single examples of non-human animal intelligence and go "wow a uniquely intelligent personality!" instead of "wow I guess they're all a lot smarter than I thought". I've been scolded for anthropomorphism but I think the miscommunication there is that others may see certain attributes as exclusively human, whereas I eat plants 🌿
@@Netbase2000 I had many cats. All are intelligent, but some demonstrate it in a way that's easier to relate than others. My current cat communicates with me with meows (very different depending what she wants), while my late cat communicated more with gestures.
@@Serena-or7sl Yes absolutely. Every person living with cats should learn to read the body language or meows. I grew up with cats and known many over the years. All are different.
22:27 Billi straight up said "long, long ago, there was nothing but darkness"
Also "spicy" is obviously "Mom ouch food", feel free to add "catnip" in there
I’m awestruck that cats can grasp abstract thoughts about time,( morning, now, later), positives, negatives ( no, not, none, gone) etc. I didn’t know they were so smart!
I thought it was very interesting that Billi asked for zoom zoom later night, then asked later at night. Concept of time is one thing, planning for the future is another thing entirely.
I love the way Billi says something and then stops and looks at you, to make sure you got it!
I've been watching for ages and I'm still stunned that a cat is so motivated to communicate with humans.
You can sense she presses "morning" not out of habit but she took walks to the door to look outside to see the light, to make the connection between the sound and the stimulus.
I love this cat. 🥰
Thank you for putting this together! I love the short "what happened today" videos, but this compilation really shows how much of an expressive vocabulary Billi has. Watching these videos of Billi has provided evidence of what many of us already knew, which is that animals can understand a lot of human speech. I haven't tried buttons with my rabbit, but from watching this channel, I've been much more intentional about using speech with him. And he responds with his own body language (some of which is common to rabbits and some of which is particular to him).
I really appreciate that you don't extrapolate on the meanings behind Billi's button presses beyond what you've taught her. This is communication, but it's not language as some pet parents have tried to claim. It's still fascinating nonetheless, and still a great way to better understand the needs and wants of our pets more clearly.
Ohhh this is gonna be the video I come back to when I'm sad, I can tell.
I'm very curious, will you ever add a "Sorry", or "Sad" button. I really wonder how often Billi would use them.
i think she's said in the past that she didnt want to add "sad" as having multiple buttons for negative emotions could get confusing for billie, since sad and mad are kinda similar. i think mad tends to be enough most of the time, but it would be neat to see billie express more in-depth what type of negative feeling she's having.
Now I'm learning English with a cat😂 Thank you Billi😘
This is wonderful! I've had cats my whole life and known from experience that they are highly intelligent creatures with complex emotions, you and Billy are out here showing the rest of the world just how amazing they are.
The rapid "no back" was awesome
For "Ouch" I was almost expecting her hatred of the Hamilton soundtrack to come up
I love that one, but wanted to stick to recent footage!
She is just amazing. Well done for making this happen, Mom!
I'm speechless in a good way, what an amazing job you've done with her 😱 what's funny is we can feel the sassiness of the cat through her way to communicate 😂😅
Does Billi ever use "squirrel" for the outside rodents, or is it strictly for Squirrel Friend now?
oh my god. a 50 minutes long video of Billi's communicating. This is the best.
im so intrigued by the squirrel friend incident. i wonder if she realized you guys found it funny so she kept doing it? or maybe she wants that friend to have her own button in the same way that mom, dad, grandma, etc. have their own? either way, very funny clip 😄
One of my earliest memories is of lying in my crib after being passed around by a bunch of strangers and thinking "when I can talk, I will tell them not to put their thumbs into my armpits when they pick me up because it hurts." I empathize with the frustration of not being able to communicate and yet I knew I would be able to talk someday. (i'm also very careful about picking babies up).
What an awesome video! I’d be so interested to hear from Dad about his experience with Billie and how they relationship developed since introducing the buttons. I wonder if he ever suspected how much she loves him.
The way Bili said love you after thinking she ouch"ed" you!
5:05 is really amazing. Anyone who thinks Billi just uses the buttons randomly to get attention, should see this. Billi already had the attention of her owner, and then she clearly communicates that it is not okay that the toy hits her back. Why else would she press those two buttons? I doubt it is random.