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Animal’s Behaviors -Elephants Communication

Animal’s Behaviors -Elephants Communication. Student Fenghua Yang Teacher Vicki Curtis Date 10/27/2008. Content. Elephants communication. Introduction Why Elephants Communicate What Elephants Communicate How Elephants Communicate Interesting Things Online Resources.

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Animal’s Behaviors -Elephants Communication

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  1. Animal’s Behaviors-Elephants Communication Student Fenghua Yang Teacher Vicki Curtis Date 10/27/2008

  2. Content Elephants communication • Introduction • Why Elephants Communicate • What Elephants Communicate • How Elephants Communicate • Interesting Things • Online Resources

  3. Introduction Elephants communication • 160 signals, expressions and gestures • 70 kinds of sound • Elephants, the largest land animals on the planet. are among the most exuberantly expressive of creatures Joy, anger, sadness, love

  4. Why Elephants Communicate Elephants communication Why do elephants communicate with each other? ? 1.Elephants have a complex social system. 2.Elephants are long-lived. 3.Elephants are large-brained.

  5. What Elephants Communicate Elephants communication Behavior content Social signals Parent care, team building and play Survival signals Warning alarm, defense and food Mating signals Competition between males to attract female

  6. How Elephants Communicate Elephants communication How do elephants communicate with each other? "speak" greeting cry sight play chemicalsignal • touch

  7. Interesting Things Elephants communication An elephant’s body skin is very thick, but the skin around mouth and inside of the ear is very thin Elephants swim very well

  8. Interesting Things (cont.) Elephants communication This is elephants swimming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywXYfLFapLY

  9. Online Resources Elephants communication • Wikipedia elephant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant • Elephant voice http://www.elephantvoices.org/ • Elephant information repository http://elephant.elehost.com/index.html

  10. Thanks Elephants communication Thanks

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