Animal Communication

“When a male octopus spots a female, his normally grayish body suddenly becomes striped. He swims above the female and begins caressing her with seven of his arms. If she allows this, he will quickly reach toward her and slip his eight arm into ...Read More

Communication using chemicals

Different smells that we are able to detect are nothing but chemicals. Bearing in mid that animals’ olfactory system is far better developed than that of humans, it is understandable how animals are capable of detecting different scents at great distances. While some of ...Read More

Communication using sounds

Have you ever been in the forest at night? The complex symphony of sounds that seems completely meaningless to a human listener actually carries very complex information, important for different animal species. Just like humans are able to recognize various acoustic patterns and ascribe ...Read More