Book description
This Element is an excerpt from Curious Folks Ask 2: 188 Real Answers on Our Fellow Creatures, Our Planet, and Beyond (9780137057399) by Sherry Seethaler. Available in print and digital formats.
Why crickets chirp, ants touch noses, and bees can’t fly at night.
Yes, ants do communicate with each other. They live in social groups and have developed a highly sophisticated chemical communication system. They leave chemical trails to lead comrades to newly discovered food, release chemical alarms to warn of predators, and have a personal chemical “signature” that lets ants know who is a member of their colony…
Table of contents
Product information
- Title: Wacky Insect Factoids
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2010
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780132686280
You might also like
book
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects
Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects takes readers step by step through …
video
Remote Procedure Calls
GWT includes an extensive RPC framework to let your GWT applications communicate using standard Java objects …
book
Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are
Neuroscientists once believed your brain was essentially "locked down" by adulthood. No new cells. No major …
book
Air Transport – A Tourism Perspective
Air Transport: A Tourism Perspective provides rigorous insights into the current complexities, synergies and conflicts within …