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Communication is the process of information exchange between individuals.

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Well, there are many way of communication. Some forms of communication are visual, auditory, chemicals, or tactile.

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Communication is extremely important in many different organisms. Animals communicate because they want to find mate, establish dominance, defend territory, to coordinate the behaviors of the group, and care for their children.

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The usage of sounds to send and retrieve information is auditory communication. Some examples of auditory communication could be humans, which we use our voice to talk to each other. Another example is howls between wolves. This form of communication can be used to warn and attract other animals.

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Visual communication is signals that can be seen. This can be facial expressions, body posture, coloration, and gestures. Like chimps will grin when they show fear or submit. In dart frogs, they change to bright colors to sate that they are poisonous and not to eat them.

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Tactile is touch communication. Social bonding, grooming, infant care, mating, and showing dominance can be seen in this type of communication. Tactile communication is one of the most common types of communicating. An example of touch communication is when monkeys pick bugs off of each other, which would be them grooming each other. Another example can be dogs grooming other dogs, which would be licking each other, which is what cats do too.

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Chemical communication uses pheromones that trigger a response in from others within that species. These pheromones are used to attract mates, mark territory or food trail, raise an alarm, and there are many other complex things it is used for. Chemical communication is most commonly seen in insects, but can be seen in other animals. An example of this can be ants using pheromones on food to direct the other ants to. You also can see this in wolves when they urine to mark their territory.

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I think that all these different forms of communication is unique. There seems to be a large variety that each animal belongs to. Communication isn't just a big role in our life, but also in animals lives. Without communication, many social organisms would parish. Being social allows many animals to form bonds with their species. Species can even bond with other species, just by using a form of communication. Communication is probably the most important part in daily lives all over the world, ranging from humans, to lions, to ants.

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The ways of communication changed over time because there were new signals in the body that had changed. There are two different scenarios that support the evolution of communication evolving. The first scenario evolves the receivers began to notice actions of other animals, because it would provide cues on what the other animals would do next. The second scenario is called sensory drive. This involves signals that were viewed as new behaviors or structures that exploits existing sensory behaviors. Note, these were found in the 1950s-1990 by zoologists and biologists.

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The main characteristics of communication is the reasons why organisms communicate with each other. It how animals trade information with each other. The signals that these animals send to each other goes through their sensory channels. There are different ways each form of communication works in the sensory channels. Visual communication is very effective throughout the day. Auditory communication is amplitude, and travel. This allows auditory communication to adapt to many different environmental conditions. Both visual and auditory communication travels faster, compared to chemical communication. This is because they diffuse for protection. But they can travel long distances, but will fade slowly. The last form and its signal channel is tactile communication. This is basically just physical touch, which is between the both sender and receiver. Tactile can only be short distances, but is very important for communication with other animals.