Mid Distance Animal Communication (theme credit to Prof. Dave)

2017.10.25 Wed 17:27 Puma and Panther

Animation and the text illustrate how communication between animals can be applied to communication between animals and humans. For this to happen, I need information / signal receiver / decoding / medium / response. 

An excerpt of "The Analysis of Animal Communication" by Steven Green Peter Marler 

Communication consists of the transmission of information from one animal to another. Information is encoded by one individual into a signal. When received by another animal, this information undergoes decoding, ... During such encoding and decoding, the carrier of the information and the format of the information undergo many transformations. ... A signal is then propagated in a medium. Further steps follow, ... and eventually to a recipient’s overt or covert response.

Reference from Springer website