Fantastic pictures show animals engaged in all sorts of conversation.
Pheromones, bioluminescence, and infrasonic messages are some of the means of communication discussed in this look at the way animals talk to one another. When zebras meet, for example, they pull back their lips and chew the air to show that they won't bite each other. A concise and readable introduction to the complexities of communication in animals, offering insight on how animals communicate by sight, sound, smell, touch, and even electrical signaling. Explores a variety of communication patterns in many species of mammals and birds, discusses how communication signals evolved, and concludes with a look at the future of communication between humans and animals. Each spread in Wild Talk provides a child with memorable facts and rich illustrations.