Nature
Season 1, Episode 12: The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
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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.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Flight of the Condor: Ice, Wind, and Fire
Episode 2
The Flight of the Condor: Ocean, Desert, and Thin Air
Episode 3
The Flight of the Condor: Down the Amazon
Episode 4
Amate: The Great Fig Tree
Episode 5
Kopje: A Rock for All Seasons
Episode 6
On the Edge of Paradise
Episode 7
Forest in the Clouds
Episode 8
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Natural Mysteries
Episode 9
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: In Praise of God
Episode 10
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Search for the Mind
Episode 11
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
Episode 12
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Signs and Signals
Episode 13
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: Living Together