A linguist is called to investigate robots that seem to have created their own language.

A scientist who specializes in neurolinguistic computing built an ASL translation system to more easily video-call with her deaf sister, who is an avian conservationist. When one of her birds accidentally gets online with the scientist's children, the scientist discovers that her translation software can give a voice to animals too.

After a plague wipes out mankind, talking fifty-year-old dogs roam the world aimlessly, unsure of what to do without their best friends.

A dog’s owners give her the ability to talk and realize she’s Black.

Sly, a monkey with human capacities, is growing increasingly upset with his containment. All he wants is to be treated with respect.

Animal whisperer Kerry, terrified of water, reluctantly accepts Homeland Security's request that she fly to an island prison and attempt communication with their captives, a horde of proto-human sea creatures.

A modern Puerto Rican parrot meditates on why humans seek intelligence in other corners of the universe while they neglect the refined communicative capacities of their neighboring parrots.

Creatures of the animal kingdom bicker for their place on the throne in a post-apocalyptic world void of the human race, but soon realize they're slowing transforming into their old human masters. When mankind disappears from the face of the Earth, creatures of the animal kingdom gather to discuss who will replace them on the throne. But soon, the animals realize they're slowly adopting human traits.

A rat moves into a young squirrel's peaceful neighborhood and refuses to respect the space. Unable to force the rat to move away, the other animals watch as more and more rats come to live in the area of town they once avoided.

A zookeeper describes an incident at the zoo that leaves all of the animals behaving strangely and becoming self-aware.