Animal Communication Flashcards
What is social behaviour?
Social behaviour occurs between individuals in a group. Includes the use of different types of signals. Social behaviour can increase the chance of survival of individuals and all of the group.
What is an example of social behaviour?
- defending a larger territory
- some individuals watching for danger while others feed
- fighting off predators as a group
- working as a group to hunt for food
What did Dian Fossey do?
Diane Fossey was an ethologist he studied the social behaviour of the gorillas by watching them in the wild.
What did Dian Fossey learn from watching the Gorillas?
Dian Fossey Learned the meaning of many gorilla calls and found that gorillas had complex social relationships. She also showed that gorillas were not violent.
What did Jane Goodall do?
Jane Goodall watched chimpanzee groups from many years and recorded what she saw.
What does Jane Goodall’s work show?
Jane Goodall’s work showed that chimpanzees live in complex family groups that communicate using many different calls. She was the first person to record chimpanzees using tools and hunting as a group to kill other animals.
What are the examples of audial (sound) communications?
- Birds sing to establish and maintain territory
- Cats hiss to frighten other cats
- Deer stags roar to challenge other stags and attract females
What are the examples of chemical communications?
Animals release hormone-like chemicals called pheromones into the air, e.g. Female moths release pheromones to attract male moths
What are the examples of visual communications?
- gestures such as head nodding or hand waving
- body language - the position of the body can express feelings and emotion
- Facial expression, such as showing teeth
