How Animals Communicate Via Pheromones » American Scientist - 0 views
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Pheromones are chemical signals that have evolved for communication between members of the same species. A pheromone signal elicits a specific reaction in the receiver, for example, a stereotyped behavior
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This article depicts an efficient and accurate form of communication that is not dynamic or abstract in any way like the languages we use. This form is pheromones which are chemicals that animals have evolved to secrete, receive, and respond to instinctively. Despite being a process that we can't control, it does serve as an effective communication that does not depend on our subjective deciphering. (Evie 11/27/16)