Category Communication

Experiments conducted by scientists seem to prove that dolphins do have a sort of language of their own. Dolphins appear to communicate with each other using an assortment of squeaks, whistles, and clicks. It is thought that they are warning each other of danger or if Food is nearby, but we are not yet certain exactly what they are saying. Some scientists have also discovered that dolphins can be trained to understand quite complicated commands given to them.

When a honeybee finds a big garden of flowers brimming with honey, how does it let its friends know about it? It hurries back to the hive, and does a little dance!Honey bees communicate with each other by dancing. The purpose of the dance is to alert other bees where nectar and pollen are located. The dance explains direction and distance to  The honey bee performs two types of dances…the round dance and the waggle dance. The round dance is performed for food sources close to the colony and the waggle dance used for food sources that are far Other bees attending these dances somehow-no one knows exactly how- learn the distance, direction, and odour of the flower patch. Once they have this information, they too fly directly to the flower patch in search of pollen and nectar

If you have seen a peacock spread out its feathers and dance, you will agree that it is a magnificent sight. But have you ever thought why it does this? The reason is quite simple… it wants to attract the female of its species which is known as a peahen! Dancing by the peacock is also an act to impress the peahen in front of him

Pheromones are chemicals released by living organisms to send messages to individuals of the same species. Pheromones play an important role in ensuring the reproduction of a species. They also serve to warn other members of the species of danger, to mark out territory, and to indicate food  When an ant is disturbed, it releases a pheromone that can be detected by other ants several centimetres away, causing them to run about as they work to remedy the Certain ants, as they return to the nest with food, lay down a trail of pheromone. This trail attracts and guides other ants to the   Some pheromones are deposited with the urine or faeces of an animal to mark its territory and warn away intruders. This is why you see dogs urinating on lamp posts!

Most of the time, animals communicate with their own species. This is especially true of mating signals, since animals must be able to communicate with their own species to mate and reproduce. A male elephant seal, for example, will give a loud roar that tells female seals where to come ashore for breeding. Communication within the species is also important in the case of caring for the young. A mother gull must be able to recognize the calls of her own chicks so that she can find them in a thickly populated gull colony, and feed them.But communication also takes place between different species. This is especially true of species living in the same area. Recognizing the warnings given by another species can be very helpful in avoiding danger. In Africa, grazing animals pay close attention to the keen eared zebra. If a zebra suddenly starts running, the other animals know that an enemy is approaching, and will flee too.

Animals communicate with one another in different ways. The sounds made by an animal, its behaviour and the way it looks at another animal are three   important means of Taste and odour, electrical impulse and touch are also used to attract or drive away another animal. Sometimes an animal uses a combination of different mediums to get its messages across most effectively.