LIFESCI 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Cleaner Fish, Ensatina, False Alarm
16 Dec 2016
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6. 1 specialized cell influencing the behaviour of another. Waggle dances in honeybees which indicate direction and distance to a food source: can indicate general area but not exact coordinates, karl von frisch was awarded nobel prize for this. Alarm cells are unique vocalizations produced by social animals when a predator is nearby. Cheney and seyfarth found that alarm cells of vervet monkeys differ in how they affect receivers spots one of their predators, it gives an alarm call to alert the others. Vervet monkeys are attacked by a variety of predators, and whenever a monkey. Leopards attack from the ground, so a (cid:498)bark(cid:499) call is given and monkeys climb up. (cid:498)cough(cid:499) calls are given when eagles are spotted, monkeys escape by moving into. (cid:498)chutter(cid:499) calls are given when a snake is spotted, which causes monkeys to stand trees dense bushes erect and look into grass clumps. 6. 2 signals are perceived by the sensory system.
