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Elves began it, of course, waking trees up and teaching them to speak and learning their tree-talk. They always wished to talk to everything, the old Elves did. - "Treebeard", Chapter 4, Book III, The Two Towers
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There you have it, straight from the Treebeard's mouth. I suppose if they talked to the trees, then they talked to the stones, plants, animals, insects, and birds as well. And don't forget the way Legolas was able to "horse whisper" to Arod to get him to go through the Paths of the Dead.
Makes for a good argument that Elves were vegetarian. Wouldn't want to eat something I'd had a conversation with.