AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vocal communication serves many purposes, including mating rituals, warning calls, conveying location of food sources, and social learning. In a number of species, males perform calls during mating rituals as a form of competition against other males and to signal to females.

Detailed explanation-2: -Animals communicate using signals, which can include visual; auditory, or sound-based; chemical, involving pheromones; or tactile, touch-based, cues. Communication behaviors can help animals find mates, establish dominance, defend territory, coordinate group behavior, and care for young.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most animals use vocalised sounds to communicate with one another and with other species. For example, a cat hisses when it feels threatened or purrs when it feels comfortable. These sounds are the cat’s way of communicating whether it wants to be petted or not… proceed at your own risk.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vocal learning is defined as the production of a vocalization based on auditory input. It is a uncommon trait in the animal world, documented only in birds, cetaceans, bats, elephants and some species of primates.