Nature · SEASON 1
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
Episode 12 · 1982-12-26
- Documentary
- Family
Episode overview
Continuing with the exploration of animal communication we see recreations of Karl von Frisch unraveling the language of honey bees. Julian Huxley, who discovered a possible language in the ritual movements of great-crested grebes, Konrad Lorenz who recorded the visual language of geese, and Niko Tinbergen, who studied the habits of hunting wasps and together with Esther Cullen recorded the relationship of temperament in birds to their habitat.
53 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire1982-10-10
2. The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air1982-10-17
3. The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon1982-10-24
4. Amate: The Great Fig Tree1982-10-31
5. Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons1982-11-07
6. On the Edge of Paradise1982-11-14
7. Forest in the Clouds1982-11-21
8. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries1982-11-28
9. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God1982-12-05
10. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind1982-12-12
11. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning1982-12-19
12. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals1982-12-26
13. The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together1983-01-02
