Zany Brainy Animals: How Animals Communicate

Explore the ingenious and funny behaviours found in the animal kingdom.Animals can't talk like we do. And yet animals have found a variety of different ways to communicate. Find out dolphins' unique whistles and how they use it just like a name to identify themselves and how ants leave smelly chemical messages to tell each other where to find food. Discover how scientists figured out that lobsters communicate by spraying wee in each other's faces. Written expert author Dr Ashley Ward, associate professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Sydney, Australia, this humorous four-book series explores a wide range of animal behaviours from survival skills and animal communication to how animals learn and adapt to live in the most extreme environments.The Zany Brainy Animals series combines funny and fascinating facts about the animal kingdom and include behind the scenes stories in the 'Tales from the lab' panels about how scientists discover and study the featured animal behaviours. The amusing text covers key science topics such as adaptations, evolution and habitats.This series isn't just a catalogue of fascinating animal facts. By including the process in which we've found them out this series aims to inspire readers to pursue careers in the field.Perfect for reader 6+.