Social Behaviour and Communication
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- Social Behaviour and Communication
- Animals need to communicate
- Keeps group together
- Sees predator - warns others
- Communication of mood avoids fighting
- Baby animals can communicate needs to parents
- Sound
- Whales and dolphins communicate over long distance using low-freq sonund
- Birds' calls used to declare territory, attracts a mate, warns others about predators
- Chemicals
- Pheromones
- Released by an animal to tell others where it is or where it has been
- Many animals use chemical scents to mark the boundary of their territory
- Other chemicals can act as sexual attractants
- E.g. moths - males can detect the female's pheromone from far away
- Pheromones
- Visual signals
- Honey bees move in a certain way to show they have found food
- Mammals communicate certain intentions through body language and gestures
- Chimps intimidate by staring or raising an arm
- Courtship behaviours: dances, gifts, elaborate nest building
- Facial expressions - however, they mean different things to different species
- Animals need to communicate
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