2/9 Arabian babblers use tools (i.e. present objects) as a communicative means to invite conspecifics for copulation (https://t.co/wQcGBn1uAn) and play (https://t.co/4tdRDnh2D7). But it’s the first time their use of environmental features for foraging is d
332 followers
220 followers
RT @YitzchakBM: 2/2 I will also present preliminary evidence that ostensive communication indeed exists in some🐦& 🐵species! You are welcom…
332 followers
2/2 I will also present preliminary evidence that ostensive communication indeed exists in some🐦& 🐵species! You are welcome to contact @CommunicatMind for a link to this zoom talk or read (a bit) more about the concept of non-distinct signals here 👇ht
332 followers
@CommunicatMind @DaveLeavens @SimonWTownsend Thanks for a nice discussion! Intentional presentation of an object is also known in wild birds. Although not declarative, it is cognitively complex signaling, that probably can be qualified as a symbolic signal