Teacher judges, examples may include: to establish dominance, to attract mates, for self-defence, to care for their young, to coordinate group behaviour, etc
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Give three examples of ways animals communicate visually
Teacher judges, examples include: change in skin colouring, dance, gestures and trying to look bigger than one is.
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Bees use buzzing sounds to communicate the location of pollen and nectar - True or False?
False! They do a complicated dance
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Beetles use a form of morse code to communicate. True or False?
True, the death-watch beetle uses a system not unlike Morse code. It raps its head along the top of the tunnel, producing echoes to deliver a message.
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We can always hear frogs communicate. True or False?
False, some frogs communicate producing high-frequency sounds that humans are unable to notice.
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What is the maximum distance we believe whales can communicate? 1 mile, 10 miles or more than 500 miles?
Whale sounds can travel up to 10.000 miles. There is proof of whale to whale communication further than 500 miles!
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True or False? Chicks can cheep from inside the egg.
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Apart from making sounds, how can animals communicate? Give at least three ways.
That we know of, animals can communicate through sounds, visually, through pheromones (chemicals), through touch and even through electricity!