Animal communication Communication the imparting or exchanging of

Animal communication Communication: the imparting or exchanging of information Used between members of the same species… …. or between members of different species.

Animal communication How? Why? • Visual • Recognition • Acoustic • Chemical • Physical • Combination of above • Courtship • Learning • Danger • Territoriality • Defence Antarctic fur seal Great bustard

How and why animals communicate Recognition Hooker’s sea lion Emperor penguin African elephant

How and why animals communicate Territoriality (aggression and threat) Red deer Lion

How and why animals communicate Courtship and mate selection Superb bird of paradise Humpback whale Magnificent frigatebird Pine barrens tree frog

How and why animals communicate Signalling danger Meerkat Pronghorn

How and why animals communicate Signalling danger Marañón poison frog Death’s head hawkmoth Dyeing poison frog Zimmermann’s poison frog

How and why animals communicate Allogrooming - Subordinate grooms dominant member of the group Olive baboon

How and why animals communicate Learning Asian dwarf honey bee – waggle dance Chimpanzee - tool use

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!