While I sit more on the fence with a lot of the discussions in this overall thread, you're increasingly being proven wrong in this aspect.

For instance, prairie dogs are shown to have a descriptive language: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/prairie-dogs-language-deco...

I highly recommend reading that one because it's funny and fascinating.

Expt:

Also remarkable was the amount of information crammed into a single chirp lasting a 10th of a second.

"In one 10th of a second, they say 'Tall thin human wearing blue shirt walking slowly across the colony.'"

--

Many Helens—err....—scientists agree: https://io9.gizmodo.com/5937356/prominent-scientists-sign-de...