And has rudimentary-at-worst verbalization. You'd be surprised how many people would be turned off by their pets being able to actually TELL them what they want instead of relying on cues.
OH MAN! I should get to work on producing some animal translators. Ferb and I figured out how to make them compact, able to fit on the collar of any animal you have. Well, any animal with a collar. We haven't quite figured out how to put them on birds and fish yet.