Post on 31-Mar-2015
Animal communication
Communication: the imparting or exchanging of information
Used between members of the same species…
….or between members of different species.
• Visual • Acoustic• Chemical• Physical• Combination of above
How?
Animal communication
Why?• Recognition • Courtship• Learning• Danger• Territoriality• Defence
Antarctic fur seal Great bustard
How and why animals communicate
Recognition
Hooker’s sea lion Emperor penguin African elephant
Territoriality
(aggression and threat)
How and why animals communicate
Red deer Lion
How and why animals communicate
Courtship and mate selection
Humpback whale
Pine barrens tree frog
Superb bird of paradise
Magnificent frigatebird
Signalling danger
How and why animals communicate
MeerkatPronghorn
Signalling danger
How and why animals communicate
Death’s head hawkmoth Zimmermann’s poison frog
Marañón poison frog Dyeing poison frog
- Subordinate grooms dominant member of the group
Allogrooming
How and why animals communicate
Olive baboon
Chimpanzee - tool use
Learning
Asian dwarf honey bee – waggle dance
How and why animals communicate
Activity – Narration!
• Divide into small groups
• Each group will be allocated a 1-2 minute video of a species communicating
• Research the species on ARKive (www.arkive.org)
• Using your research, write a script for a narration of your video
• Perform it in front of the class
Things to avoid
Don’t…
Use too much information – this will make it too complicated
Use statistics unless they are really needed
Talk about things not in the video clip
Things to remember
Do…
Keep it simple
Use the present tense and an active mood
Make it fun and interesting!
Don’t be afraid to let the pictures speak for themselves!