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Songs, Roars, and Rituals : Communication in Birds, Mammals, and Other Animals
Songs Roars and Rituals Communication in Birds Mammals and Other Animals Author:Gisela Kaplan, Lesley J. Rogers Lesley Rogers and Gisela Kaplan take us on an exciting journey through communication in the animal world, offering insights into how animals communicate by sight, sound, smell, touch, and even electrical signaling. They explore a wide variety of communication patterns in many species of mammals and birds and discuss how communication signals evo... more »lved, how they are learned, and what song and mimicry may mean. "As a primer to an exciting field of animal behavior, this eminently readable account succeeds in thoroughly engaging the reader." —Nancy Bent, Booklist "Rogers and Kaplan have an appealing writing style that rolls along with just the right ratio of anecdote to theory. They make reference to a wide variety of birds and mammals from every continent … Richly laden with examples of animal communication that clarify the definitions being offered." —Clive Wynne, American Scientist« less