25 incredible animal ways communicate that you have never known

And you thought we were the only creatures capable of the language ...


Everyone knows that maulant cats, dogs aboy and moo cows. But you do not need Old MacDonald to tell you that animal communication is infinitely more complex than that. In fact, if you make a deep dive on how, exactly, some creatures talk to each other, you will find secret languages ​​that make thedisparate languages ​​of humanity-Don there is 6900, according to theLinguistic Society of Americarudimentary -seem by comparison. Flying rodents passing their days to dispute to the lizards who created their version of Seamless.com, here is just a little taste.

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WHITE RHINOS SPEAK VIA DUNG

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White rhinoceros, which have terrible views, usebunch of manure in common (Called "tertres") as something of a community board where they can leave messages that a rhinoceros is sick or another is ready to mate, if a dominant male has recently erré through the rest of the group.

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Mantis Shrimp Flash Lights

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This creature has a part of the most impressive complex view in the animal kingdom, with 16 color receptors (compared to our skinny three), which come very practical when you try to communicate with each other. They use their own body to communicate using polarized light that other animals can not identify. Researchersto have found Let them bounce light from the stains out of the blue on their appendages called maxillipedes, diffusion and light through the organizing surface in a way that can Covey information to other shrimp rather than simply reflect mantis.

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Caschal

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This species of whale uses by clicking on the so-called "coda" sounds to transmit information to each other. Those in the different areas of the use of the oceans different models of crouk, a bit like the regional dialects, if Caribbean cochals a slightly different sound than thoseanother part of the ocean. The researchers wereparticularly interested In a group near the Caribbean Island of Dominica, which they found may even have variations between the different clans or individual whales.

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Send Caterpillars Calls for distress Decoy to ants

Alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) resting in grassy vegetation. It can be seen flying in mid to late summer. Like some other species of Lycaenidae, its larva (caterpillar) stage depends on ants. - Image
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The Alcon blue butterfly caterpillar scratches his abdomen to create some kind of song. But unlike many other critters, who use their communication techniques for other contact of their species, it is a message for a very different creature: the red ants. Thesong imitates that of the queen of red ants, So these soldiers who hear it will keep the caterpillar, even killing their own kind to protect it.

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African elephants vibrate to the other

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Technically, elephants make sounds very low to each other. The thing is, they are so low that he does not hit the human ear as a sound or anything more a vibration that squeeats. Known as "infras"(Sounds below 20 Hertz, too weak for the man) To detect, this way of communicating may seem calm for humans, but researchers believe that an African elephant make infrasound can be heard by another more 175 miles away!

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Screch tarsiers

Philippine Tarsier Smallest Animals
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These tiny primates, large eyes in Southeast Asia communicate to the beach in front of the ultrasound elephant frequencies 20,000 hertz more that are far too acute for the human ear to detect. Scientists have recorded them using devices similar to those used for record bats, captureTheir vocalizations at 70,000 hertz, Which is supposed to help them communicate on the noise of the jungle (and out of the range of predators), making it ideal to avoid or alert another danger. By the way, Tarsiers are one of the smallest animals in the world.

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Ravens have signs tongue

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Like humans use their hands to focus on a point, Ravens make their own kind of gesturing, using their beaks and wingsExhibition items or offer such as foam, stones or twigs (usually intended for opposite sex members). They also interact with clinging their bills together or move an element together, such as an equipotential link demonstration.

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Fruit Egyptian Bats Argé

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You probably know that bats use Suraigus cries to connect and communicate with each other. But you probably did not know how specific communications could get. Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv used an automatic learning algorithm to recognize bats of bats and messages they can try to transmit, "Translate" 15,000 calls into multiple messages- specificmore than 60 percent were arguments on four specific things: food, sleep positions, the invasion of personal space, or unwanted advances.

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Chimpanzees scratch

Wild chimpanzees
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Chimpants love the groom and be neat. But just like your spouse or partner loves a backrub ... but even more if you focus on a spot right there, chimpanzees can be special on where they want to scratch, using "repository gesture"Attracting another chimpanzee into the specific area they would like to have treated.

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Geckos "seamless" their food

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Geckos Day, from Madagascar, has been a pioneer of the idea of ​​a long take-out taking long before the seamless (or even humans) came. But rather than an application on their phones, they simply hook the heads to insect trees that digest the sap sap it in a sweet liquid called honey. When the gecko communicates to the Hoppers who would like part of this honeymoon, the insects obliged, excretant the right in the mouth of the amphibian.

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Electricity electricity electric fish

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You probably know marine creatures charged electrically such as electric eel, but there is a particular species of electric fish capable of using its voltage as a means of communication. Known as "weakly electric fish", these creatures, which, as their name suggests, produce a soft electric shock,Use it for "chirp" information, as a man indicating, he attracted a woman. When two of these fish meet, they are known to change their wavelengths to allow the other to produce similar voltage levels.

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African Mole Demon of Rats Powered

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"African Demon Mole Rat" sounds like a very good name for a metal band. As it turns out,These creatures Communicate through a kind of knock. Spend their lives underground, they cancommunicate with each other By hitting his head against the ups of their tunnels, sending this way vibrations through the earth that travel a lot further from trying to make a loud sound. The rhythm and intensity of the thumb indicates different meanings. Rock on.

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Squeak Titis Blackfoot

Masked titi monkey (Callicebus personatus), photographed in Santa Teresa, Espí­rito Santo - Brazil. Atlantic forest Biome. Wild animal. - Image
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When Titis with black feet (a brown monkey, too rainforest), useLarge squeaks To let know not only what types of predators can be close but their general location. The researchers found that monkeys modify their calls in different ways, creating their own syntax and complex communication system.

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Gorilla

Gorilla
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Sometimes singing to oneself is a way to tell the world that you are far in your own world and that you do not really want to be disturbed by all the madness that goes elsewhere (therefore, singing in the shower). It's true ofsilver gorillas tooWhat researchers found the buzz or sing while avoiding their favorite vegetation. It's not just a way to indicate that they appreciate their meal, but a way to transmit that they would prefer not to be disturbed by eating. When they go silent, it's a sign they are willing to discuss.

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Dolly whistle

Alpha Male - Image Dhole whistling dog
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The doles, otherwise called Asian wild dogs, are also sometimes called "Whistling dogs"And with good reason. These animals similar to a fox claim to be on the location of prey through whistle sounds. This allows them to make coordinated attacks on other animals much larger than these , communicating in packaging to remove the prey that is more than 10 times their own body weight.

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Prairie dogs are called

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These creatures are known for their complex underground tunnel systems, but they also have complex means to call each other, using slightly different intonations (as a "Chee") according to the type of predator- Coyote, Hawk, Human -Proach.In a studyThey have been found to apparently identify the difference between a person wearing a blue shirt and a yellow shirt.

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Tap-dancing blue cord blue cord

Blue Capped Cordon Blue (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) spotted outdoors - Image
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As if his name is not cool enough, the blue blue cord cord also has silent dance movements, using a kind of winged heel dance to attract a companion. Male and female birds of this species yard holding a piece of nesting material in their beak, thenBob up and down While singing and make super fast dance steps with their feet. The researchers think that dance is supposed not only to draw the attention of a companion, but to demonstrate health and fitness.

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Bison choose leaders with their feet

European bison - Bison bonasus in the Knyszyn Forest (Poland) - Image
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European bison are big creatures, but they speak slowly, leaving the feet to make the conversation. When the herds of these impressive creatures seek to move on to something else, they decide on the way to follow not by guidance of a single chef, butA complex process In which one of the herd members (which can be anyone, a man or a woman, young or old) would walk 20 or more in a particular direction without stopping to avoid. If others trust the decision, they take the tail and follow along - and this leading animal becomes the facto leader of the flock (until the process restarts). Perhaps we could take a tail of the bison ...

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Piedes, Clap and shakes the heads

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There are many, many other rare paths that great monkeys communicate with each other; The researchers have isolated some 80 gestures at least. But what can be most interesting is that these overlap significantly with toddlers human; likeSmithsonian Place, "Researchers have found humans' toddlers used 52 discrete gestures to communicate, including applicant, hugging, hugging, hugging, hugging, raising their arms and shaking the head, often squeezing movements to transmit ideas. Complexes. It turns out that the chimpinches have also used 46 of the same gestures, which means that there is an overlap of 90%. "

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Caribbean Reef Squid changes color

Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea), hovering over a tropical coral reef off the island of Roatan, Honduras. - Image
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Using specialized cells containing pigments and reflections of lightmolecules called chromattaphors, the Caribbean reef calabot can change the color of their skin to transmit to a variety of messages: to the court a potential partner, to warn the other of a predator or a number of other messages - even transmit a message to A squid on the left and another to a squid on the right.

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Bees dancing, well, dance

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The research on the centuries have noted that bees use dance movements to alert the other inhabitants of the hive from a honey source. A famous study revealed that when a bee has discovered a honey source, it headed for the hive, performing a dance, while other bees touch its abdomen, allowing others to find the source of honey without having to show the source of honey without having to show. The direction and speed of dance indicated specific geolocation details that others could follow.

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Glare jackdaws

close up portrait of a jackdaw with head filling the frame looking at the camera with blue eyes on a light background - Image
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Just like humans can watch people with their eyes to express their anger or frustration, so also channens, a bird that is part of the same family as crows, crows and jays. The researchers found that one of these birds will useHis remarkable eyes Enlightening a potential competitor, will dissuade her from trying to resume her nest.

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Coral groupers team up for hunts

 Coral hind grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) in the coral reef - Image
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When these predatory fish are disproportionate by prey that plunges deep into the cracks of the coral reefs, it has the help of other predatory species: usually either the Napoleon Wrasse or Moray Eel. The merler is goingpoint with his noseAt the location of the fish, shaking his body and the wrasse will crush against the coral to open it or that the eel slips into the cracks itself. Thanks to this teamwork, at least one of the predators, if not both, usually end up dinner.

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Footsie Chimpanzee

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You could spend a life analyzing the gestures of the chimptic. There are so much, in fact that you can review a full versionGrand Monkey Dictionary. Chimptions have striking similarities with humans and one of the other ways that researchers have found that they sign each other.Extension of their feet Alert Another Chimpanzee (usually young) to climb on them to travel.

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Carrier antières sing from time to time

White-bibbed Antbird photographed in Domingos Martins, Espí­rito Santo - Southeast of Brazil. Atlantic Forest Biome. Picture made in 2013. - Image
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Peruvian carrier antenuer tensures do not tolerate other females that make movements on their male and clearly transmit this message to any competitor that invades its territory. The comrades usually sing together in a kind of charming harmony, but at the sight of an interloper, the female goes to an arrhythmic song thatgives off the sound And creates an unpleasant cacophony, ensuring that the other woman is not ensured by the usual pleasant song that could otherwise attract him. And for more things about all animal things, check these50 amazing animal facts.

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