Communication

Question 1

Cue Sensing

Answer 1

What the animal is learning from it’s environment

Question 2

Communication

Answer 2

transferring information verbally and non verbally

Question 3

In what situations would you imagine honesty would be favored?

Answer 3

-Constant false alarm calls
-Cooperation
-Mating

Question 4

Cliff Swallow Foraging Calls

Answer 4

Verbal Communication: Give squeaking calls to attract other foragers to food
- Food is the swarm of insects, which favors communication because there is not much benefit to keeping the food to themselves.

Question 5

Honeybees Communication

Answer 5

Nonverbal communication: Females will give instructions to where the sun and nectar are located

Question 6

Cock of the Rock

Answer 6

Nonverbal communication: requires patches of sunlight; anything of color is communication
Challenges: interference, less trees

Question 7

What is an example of Deceptive Communication?

Answer 7

Deceptive alarm calls by male swallows are made during egg laying season to kill the eggs and scare away other males

Question 8

Striders Deceptive Communication

Answer 8

Male striders communicate through the ripples in the water; the male will climb on top of the female and the female is more vulnerable to the predators as the predators are attracted to vibrations