Animal Communication - 6th Grade

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Lions have many smell glands (жлези) on their cheeks, lips, forehead, chin, tail and even between their toes. A lion's scent communicates with other lions where they have been and how long ago. They also use scent to attract a mate.

Valentin Apostolov, Class 6B

Rabbits are considered quiet pets, but don’t be fooled. Rabbits communicate with each other, and their owners, all the time. They don’t need to make loud noises to convey their message. There are verbal communications that all rabbits understand. Grunting means, “leave me alone,” and honking is a mating call. Rabbits also communicate using their bodies. Rabbits live by a strict code of hierarchy, and grooming plays a key role in this.

Daria Lazarova,6A

When a rabbit strikes the ground with its hind leg, it can make a surprisingly loud noise. This is how rabbits thell other rabbits about danger, and sometimes this is a sign that they are bored. Interpretation: "I'm scared and nervous" or "I'm annoyed with you".

When a bunny licks you, it means that it shows its love. Interpretation: "I like you."

Aleksandra Tsvetanova, Class 6B

Wolves use three different languages to communicate with each other.

The first way is with sounds. They howl, bark, whimper and growl.

The second way is with special scents, like scats, urine and pheromons.

And the third way is by body language. That means by body positions, movements and facial expressions. For example they stick their ears straight up and bare their teeth when they are angry.

Kristina Ilieva, Class 6B

Flamingo sounds are different - from nasal honking to growling. Flamingos are generally very noisy birds. Flamingos have different voices.

Their sounds play an important role in staying together as well as in the birds' rituals. Flamingos use specific calls to communiucate with each other. Vocalizations are used in parent-chick recognition.

Tsvetomila, Class 6B, 26

Cats are amazing animals. They are cute and fun.

A house cat's genom is 95.6% tiger and they share many behaviors with their jungle relatives. These behaviors include marking with smell, scratching, prey play, urine marking, etc.

Cats are believed to be the only mamals who don't taste sweetness. Cats are supposed to have 18 toes.

Teodora Ilieva, Class 6A, №26

How do cats communicate?

Meowing is one of the rare forms of communication.

Cats can purr when they are injured, nervous, or hungry.

Dilated pupils are results from a rush of adrenaline, indicating that your cat is feeling defensive.

The position of a cat’s ears indicates a wide variety of emotional states.

Thank you for your attention.

Teodora Hristova, Class 6B

1. Do some research on how animals communicate. Search for information in encyclopedias, books or online.

2. Write a short text of about 60 words on what you find most interesting.

3. Copy the text on a sticky note.

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7. Post your sticky note for everyone to read your fun facts.

Animals communicate with each other in different ways. They use their eyes and ears. They touch others or use their sense of smell.

We did some research on how animals send messages and communicate with each other. If you are curious to learn that, please take some time to read the info on our sticky notes. :)

Sharks can't make any noise, so they use body language to communicate. Opening their jaws, nodding their heads, and arching their bodies can be social signals as two sharks 'talk' to each other. For example, when two sharks are after the same prey, they will put on a slapping display to deter the other.

Kristin Krastev 6a

Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers). Information may be sent intentionally or unintentionally, as in the transfer of scent from predator to prey. Information may be transferred to an "audience" of several receivers. Many aspects of animal behavior, such as symbolic name use, emotional expression, learning and sexual behavior, are being understood in new ways.

When the information from the sender changes the behavior of a receiver, the information is referred to as a "signal". Signals often involve multiple mechanisms, e.g. both visual and auditory, and for a signal to be understood the coordinated behaviour of both sender and receiver require careful study.

Denislav Tsenov, Class 6B

Pandas communicate with each other using different sounds. They may squeak and growl. For most of the year, pandas communicate by stretching out on trees. Giant pandas do not communicate the way other animals do. The panda phase cannot show facial expression. Due to these limitations, they are forced to communicate using other methods, such as flavor marking.

How hamsters communicate?

  Hamsters use chemical cues to communicate messeges by scent. Other scent glands: Dwarf hamsters such as the Campbell's hamster and the winter one have six pairs of scent glands located on the ears, belly, and genitals.

   Hamsters can also recognize hamsters by their breath.

Mariam Ismail, Class 6A

  Animals might not be able to speak or have language techniques, but they certaintly have other ways of commucating.

 A bear`s body posture can communicate their mood. Walking or running away, sitting and lying down convery that the bear is subordinate to another bear or person. A bear can convey dominance by approaching at a walk or run.

Yana Angelova, Class 6A

Bees communicate in a very interesting way. They dance with their bodies to say the other ones in a colony where floral pollen is. A different dance means defferent things. Sometimes they use the smell of an object to say details about it.

The circular dance expresses the food is at a distance of up to 45 meters. The dance in which their body stands on a crescent means the food is in from 50 to 150 meters.

Peter Ganchev, Class 6A

Ants communicate

The most important way that ants communicate with other colony members is through unique chemicals called pheromones. Using their antennae to “smell” the pheromones, ants can communicate everything from colony activity to where food is located. Some species of ants make noises to communicate with each other. Depending on the species, the sounds can mean a variety of things like calling for help or attracting a potential mate.

Antoan Simov, Class 6B

Chameleons don't sing or call like birds and frogs, or engage in any type of verbal conversation at all; but they are effective communicators. Chameleons communicate three basic things to predators and other chameleons: territorial messages, receptive messages and nonreceptive or deterrent messages. They send these messages by changing their body language and colors.

Yulieta Velcheva 6b

Animals communicate using signals which can include visual,auditory or sound-based signals. Zebras communicate through different ways including sniffing and the position of their ears and tail.When their ears are pulled backwards zebras are angry, or standing erect when they are calm and friendly. Communication behaviors can help animals find friends and defend territory.

Teodora Guseva, Class 6A

  Dolphins are very friendly animals. They have long been considered one of the smartest animals. They are able to communicate with each other and do it constantly. They use a complex system of clicks and whistles, which they enrich with complex and loud, loud sounds, depending on the type of "conversation". There is a difference between the sounds made by male and female dolphins, but scientists have not yet been able to decipher the language of mammals. In addition to each other, dolphins can communicate with us humans. Sometimes they even answer, but in their own language.

Radostin Hristov, Class 6B

Wolves are beautiful animals.They communicate with tail, body and sounds. If their tail is horizontal with the body, the wolf is confident. If it is scared, it pulls its tail. Another way of communication between wolves is howling. They use howls to tell the other animals that they are in the wrong territory.

Gergana Pashtrapanska, Class 6B

All animals communicate differently. Lions communicate through vocalizations such as loud roars, by leaving scent markings, and through visual cues, such as the darkness of the mane. Cats talk to each other by meowing, koalas grunt deep, sheep bleat. The howls of wolves, the croaking of frogs, the wagging of a dog's tail and their barking are also protective reactions through which they also warn the rest of their species.

Preslav Gotsov, Class 6B

Deer have all kinds of ways to communicate with each other besides sound, including smell, sight and even taste. Like dogs, a deer's tail can send signals. They also use foot stomping, tail flagging, head bobbing, ear twitching, hoof pawing and nose licking, lunges, charges, chases, pokes and antler thrusts and aggrressive sounds described as grunt-snorts and grunt-snort-wheezes.

Deer also send smelly hormonal signals. They can smell each other's urine with a characteristic intake of breath.

Anna Georgieva, Class 6A

Giraffes can communicate without making any sound, through their eyes, with moans or grunts, which are too low to be heard by humans. They can convey many different emotions through their big brown eyes. When small giraffes move too far away, their mothers make hissing or whistling sounds to warn them dangers. They can also produce prolonged vocalizations, almost like a buzzing sound.

Gabriela Ivanova, Class 6B

Humpback Whales not only communicate through song sounds, but even speak different languages. Only males sign during the winter breeding season. The sound of this melody is specific to each individual. It can change every week. It consists of six separate motifs made up of sentences that can be divided into syllables. Scentists say that members of one population speak the same dialect, different from that of oter groups.

Velizara Stoyanova, Class 6A

Pigeons live in pairs. They communicate between each other with sounds. Female pigeons protect their eggs and small one with their wings. When they have an enemy around, they fights with their wings and beaks. When courting male pigeons stay near the female one.

Vanesa Veneva, Class 6A

Lions communicate with each other through body language, touch, scent and vocalization. They have an array of facial expressions and body postures that serve as visual gesture. The most important body part used to communicate is their face.

Lions are one of the most threatening predators in the wild but they are so clever. Save them!

Raya Stancheva, Class 6A

Without sound, two properly socialized dogs meeting for the first time can resize each other in just a few moment. Exchanging glances can tell each canne whether they will be friends or enemies.

How can dogs do this without complicated verbal language? With facial expressions, body language and posture. Although dogs signal by barking and growling, their messages are not complete without telegraphy on body and face language.

Ivailo Georgiev, Class 6A

Now do wolves communicate?

Wolves communicate with each other through many sounds. A whimper serves as a greeting or a sing of obedience, a growl expresses aggression, a bark is a sign of anxiety or sometimes excitemet. The most famos is the legendary howl. Wolves usually howl to warn others not to enter their territories. In addition to sounds, wolves use many others such as the position of the tail or the movement of the ears.

Stefaniya Marinova, Class 6A

All animals have a special way of talking to each other. Whales communicate with each other mainly through songs. Through them they are warned of dangers and prey.

The howls of wolves, the croaking of frogs, the waggng of a dog's tail and their barking are also protective reactions through which they also warn the rest of their species. Birds also have a way of talking, they make special sounds that are caught by other birds at a distance of about 10-15 km.

Natali, Class 6B, 18

  Animals communicate using signals.Communication behaviors can help animals find mates.

 Bisons choose leader with their feet.

  Fishes communicate by gesture and motion.Some species use electrical pulses as signals.

 Chameleons communicate three basic things to predators and other chameleons:teritorial messages,receptive messages and deterrent messages.They send this messages by changing their body

language and colours.

Diyana Neshova, Class 6B

Snakes usually prefer to live alone, but they still need to ‘talk’ to each other in their own unique way. Males and females must mate to continue the species, share territories together, and ward off threats with their body language. So, snakes communicate with other snakes because they need to. Snakes have inner ears and can hear certain noises, but they specialize in picking up vibrations.

Boris Ninov, Class 6A

There are different types of communication and certainly acoustic communication is the most important for cetaceans. The transmission of sound through water is fast and smooth, so cetaceans have developed various forms of acoustic communication. Sound is very important in the sea, so cetaceans have different types of communication through sound. For example, they can make sounds without using vocalization, such as hitting the water with the tail to convey alertness. They also use rubbing their teeth or hitting their jaws or fins. An example of how whales communicate with sound is when they come out of the water and return to it. This sound can be detected by other animals tens of kilometers away and its function is unknown.

Bozhidar Milyov, Class 6A

Foxes communicate with a variety of scent, vocal and visual cues. Scent appears to be of particular importance in fox society: territories are delimited using scent. Although foxes don’t have words, they do make a range of vocal noises. They can issue a loud scream to locate each other. Furthermore, they can use various barks and warning calls to get their point across.

Raya Todorova, Class 6A, No.22

Birds use songs to communicate with each other. Their songs are so beautiful. They are relaxing to us.

Bird`s sounds are warnings to unfriendly animals to stay away. Birds keep their territories , too.

Male birds sometimes sing to females. It means that they like them.

Birds may communicate with their hearing. Many of them use "notes" to say where they are.

Valeria Stoyanova, Class 6A, №6

Mice make family groups, territories and complex social structures. They communicate with each other by different ways. They use their mouths, noses, ears and bodies. A lot of their vocal communication is outside the human range. Actually you can hear very quiet sounds in their lower voice range. Rats and mice are highly intelligent rodents.

Desislava Dinkova, Class 6A

How do mice communicate with each other?

Mice speak /or squeak/ using sounds. Some noises are so high that the humans can’t even hear them. They are ultrasonic. Mice also sing to each other. They use urine to send messages. It makes easier to attract a mate or to mark their territory.

Viktoriya Trendafilova, Class 6B

Using a combination of research methods, the scientists found that Atlantic ghost crabs - native to the western Atlantic - use a structure in their stomach called the gastric mill to produce stridulation sounds. Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing certain body parts together, such as insects do when they rub their legs.

Dragomir Tsvetanov, Class 6B

                       Whales

Whales communicate using clicks and whistles. Singleclick sounds are used mainly for echolocation while multiple clicks are used to communicate with other whales and even dolphins in the area. Whales also use shyhoping to keep them alert of their surroundings and tail slapping to show aggression or warn other whales of potantial threats.

Ivan, Class 6А

Dogs communicate with each other through barks, grows, howls, whines and whimpers, screams, pants and sighs. Actually, dogs can also communicate with humans through a wide variety of methods. Broadly, this includes vocalization, hand signals, body posture and touch. Fun fact: dogs communicating emotions through body positioning. Those were illustrated in Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, published in 1872.

Aleks Manchev, Class 6A

When giraffes are attracted to one another, they press their necks together.

Izabela Nikolaeva, 6A

White tailed deer flick up their tails when they are afraid of something.

Izabela Nikolaeva, 6A

Octopuses change their colours to show anger.

Izabela Nikolaeva, 6A

Cats communicate with their peers through vocalizations, physical contact, visual cues and chemical cues. When communicating, cats exhibit subtle signaling compared to dogs due to their smaller features and quicker movements.

When domestic cats vocalize to each other, their sounds can include a range of meowing, murmurs (or purring), and higher intensity growls and howls.

Nikola Rangelov 6A No.20