Final Presentation on Animal Communication

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Animal

CommunicatioBy :Beverly BrittoDwayne Coelho


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Animal communicationis anytransfer of information on the part ofone or more animals that has an eecton the current or future behaviour ofanother animal. When animals communicate to their

audience, they have a clear intentionand reference, and the signal can beunderstood away from the physicalobect that it refers to.

!he study of animal communication" sometimes called zoosemiotics

What is animalcommunication#


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Why is communication

needed#Attracts $especially

mates%

repel $especiallycompetitors orenemies%

signal aggressionor submission

advertise species

warn of

predators

communicaenvironmeavailability

&uch signals m(. instinc

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). learnt


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!ypes *f AnimalCommunication

1.Chemical signals (used by some very simplecreatures, including protozoa) using pherom

2.Touch3.isual signals (eg. !eathers)".#ound ($l!actory)


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Chemical

signals %any animals use chemical communication or pheromones t

communicate. They may leave their scent to mar& territory omates. They o!ten use smell to 'nd prey and identi!y other a

heromones are chemical substances hich may be secreteddung or produced by special glands.

*+amples

1. #har&s have a particularly ecient sense o! smell and sspecies can detect drops o! blood in the ocean at a rangone mile.

2. #na&es have the most unusual means o! detecting scenttheir tongue to pic& up scent particles in the air. -avingits tongue the sna&e then returns it to a special organ ino! the mouth hich analyses the scents collected.


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!ouchAlthough perhaps not as important or idespread as sscent or sight, a number o! animals ma&e use o! touchcommunicate their !eelings to other o! their &ind.*+amples

1. Apes and mon&eys ill also hug and /&iss/ on me

although in certain species o! mon&ey the visitinarrived mon&ey ill place its hand in the mouth mon&ey it is greeting. A!ter a !e moments the hithdran and the other mon&ey ill place its hamouth o! the visitor. This appears to be a sign o!goodill beteen mon&eys.

2. 0ig cats tend to nuzzle each other, as do rhinos a


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isual #ignalsisual signals may ta&e the !orm o! gestures and display, !acial gbody posture or mimicry. The e+travagant display o! the peacoc&can ma&e the strutting o! a ood pigeon seem ineective and yespecies has its on ay o! using visual communication to the besadvantage.1. estures 4 The attitude o! the tail hen to olves meet ill

hich o! the to is the superior.2. 5isplay 4 The male rabbit ill use the hite underside o! its ta

the attention o! a !emale3. 6acial grimaces 4 The !ron o! a rhesus mon&ey is a clear sign

hereas the raised eyebro and uttering eyelid denotes !riepleasure.

". 0ody posture 4 The bee repeatedly al&s in a 'gure 7 motion sha&ing its abdomen. The direction and aggle duration correthe direction and distance to the !ood !rom the hive.

8. %imicry 4 %any caterpillars through their coloration ta&e on t


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&ound $*lfactory%9! the ol!actory signs are the most common !orm o!

communication among animals the acoustic signals mbe the ne+t in line, as animals o! all &inds rely to a gron their hearing ability in order to succeed and surviv*+amples

1. Among mammals, generally spea&ing, small anis:uea& (eg. -amsters) and large ones rumble (*lephants). The reason !or this is that the smallanimal/s head, the higher the !re:uency o! sounreceive and transmit.

2. rasshoppers and cric&ets create sound by /'ddprocess hich consists o! rubbing the hind legs

ribs o! the !oreings.3. The rattlesna&e gives a distinctly audible and s


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>hat is #ocial Dierent types of behav

because the behaviors h

or reproduce. +n many sptogether in a close'nit gmembers of their speciereferred to as a societya society are nown as slive and wor together fogroup. !his is called cooeach member of the gro

that it plays in the societ &ocial behaviour is den

by how organisms are diClumping of individuals ifor social behaviour, althopportunities for interac

01ample : When a lone fbou/uet of pheromones

potential mates, she is ebehaviour


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o was a2ossey#

Dr. Dian 2ossey3s life many challenges and

2ossey, whom 4wand5yiramachabelli 6 7thlives alone on the moremembered throughfor her heroic strugglprotect and study the

gorilla. As founder of $later renamed the D-orilla 2und +nternaticommitment to wildlipreservation, especiamountain gorilla, resuremarable career th

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5ian 6ossey@s =esearch D 17@s =and

Aim 4

1. $pposition to poaching2. $pposition to tourism3. reservation o! habitat

#he lived among the mountain gorillas !or nearly 2 &eeping detailed Eournals to record everything she oand !orging close relationships ith individual gorilla

gained their trust. #he shared her thoughts and the her 'ndings ith the orld, teaching us that gorillasmonsters but social beings !ull o! curiosity and aec

#he !ound that imitating their behavior toards eachshe as partly e+pected into the group. #he as alsoor& out the meaning o! their communication s&ills a

as the 'rst person to understand ho the gorilla so


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>ho as Fane ooda

Born on April 8, (98, in

;ondon, 0ngland,


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Fane oodall@s=esearch

>hat she discovered41. #he itnessed a creature, other than a

human, in the act not Eust o! using a tobut o! ma&ing one

2. They e+perienced adolescence, developoer!ul motherandchild bonds, andused political chicanery to get hat theanted. They also made ar, iping oumembers o! their on species ith alm

genocidal brutality on one occasion tha


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