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Article: REVIEW: The Design of Animal Communication.(Book Review)
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- July 8, 2003
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Animals communicate in a variety of ways. The communication can be auditory, visual, tactile, or chemical. These methods are used to attract mates, warn off predators, mark territory, and to identify themselves.
Marc D. Hauser, a professor in the Department of Psychology and Program in Euroscience Harvard University, and Mark Konishi, a Bing Professor of Behavioural Biology at the California Institute of Technology have put together a book detailing the design of animal communication. The book - based on Nobel Laureate Nikolass Tinbergen approach in the 1950s - looks at animal communication from the four ...