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Types of animal signaling/communication : 1. Pheromones: Chemical signals that have evolved for communication between members of the same species 2. Auditory: Vocalizations for animals to remain hidden while talking 3. Visual: Signals that can be seen like gestures, facial expressions, body posture, coloration 4. Tactile: Involves touching, most common form like grooming, mating, infant care, social bonding Stimulus response chain : The response to each stimulus serves as a stimulus for the next behavior. EXAMPLE: Bees showing other bees where theres food when they return to the hive by doing a waggle dance->dance is a reponse to the stimuli of food, causes other bees to all go there CATEGORY 1: INNATE BEHAVIOR 2 : Behavior that is genetically hardwired to an organism and can be performed in reponse to a cue without prior experience. EXAMPLE: Human knee hitting reflex, bird songs, sucking reflex in newborns Instinct : Behavior that is not learned. 2 types: Kinesis(non-directional change in movement. Example is a cell moving due to the stimuli of temperature) and Taxis(movement towards or away from stimuli. Woodlice moving away from a light source is negative) Safety reflexes : Aka avoidance behavior. Seen in animals exposed to adverse(unpleasant) stimuli: Tendency to act defensively is stronger then the tendency to attack, such as active avoidance(fleeing), passive avoidance(freezing stock-still or hidi