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Asked by Nachistico to Carrie, Cedric, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 13 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by wewantcedric5.
Question: How do animals communicate? Does it depend on the organism?
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Rupert Marshall answered on 13 Mar 2017:
Animals communicate in lots of ways – and yes it depends on which species. Birds use sound, like song – but some use colour of feathers and some even dance! Mammals like meerkats rely more on smell. Each species relies differently on each of the 5 senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
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Carrie Ijichi answered on 13 Mar 2017:
The main ways animals can communicate are visual, chemical, tactile or aural communication. Visual might be bright colours, or a human waving to someone. Chemical could be a skunk suddenly releasing its’ strong smelling oils. Ants touch each other to give instructions about where to go next. Lots of animals use vocalisations like your dog barking as an aural communication.
Each species will use different types depending on where they live, who they’re trying to communicate to and what they want to communicate. -
Ellen Williams answered on 13 Mar 2017:
As Rupert and Carrie have already said animals predominantly communicate with the five senses but it definitely depends on the organism – things such as what they need to communicate, if they have any predators, the habitat they live in, whether they ever see eachother and how far apart they are when communicating will all play a big role!
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Cedric Tan answered on 14 Mar 2017:
Animals communicate via many ways and yes it depends on organism. For example, the male fruit fly use their wings to ‘sing’ to females during courtship, they even tap with their tiny feet to court the female.
Clouded leopards leave their urine to mark territories, that’s a form of communication. Chickens use smell, vision, calls as forms of communication. Its a fascinating world of communication out there in the animal kingdom.
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