Observe an impala herd communicate via grooming, freezing reflexes, prancing, and sprinting
Impala (Aepyceros melampus) communicate by using a variety of signals that convey specific types of information. For example, grooming provides tactile information about physical condition, and freeze reflexes provide visual information about potential danger.
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© MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about Albert Einstein's 1905 paper on why light is a particle.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Two people making change for five dollars as a representation of how matter is conserved in a chemical reaction.
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Encyclopædia Britannica,-Inc.The Earth may be less spherical and more football-shaped than you thought.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)An overview of how social wasps and bees use pheromones to communicate danger.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about sex-attractant pheromones in humans and in pigs and about the use of pheromones in the artificial insemination of animals.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Understand how catnip triggers excitatory reactions in cats and how kitty litter (fuller's earth) along with additives like baking soda, artificial scents, and antibacterial agents absorb foul-smelling cat urine.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of OrnithologyThe canary, or Serinus canaria, is native to the Canary, Azores and Madeira islands.
