Meercats from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
with multiple mini videos i filmed i strung them all together to show the behaviour and communication used by meerkats. The first meerkat was reacting to the sound of birds almost like it could understand what the birds were saying, its visual language indicated it wanted to join in with the conversation. The communication between the next 2 meerkats is spot on, you can clearly see it i father and son, as the smaller meerkat is looking up to the larger one waiting for commands. It strongly tell everyone that the meerkats are having a conversation through body language, which leads in to the last clip which i a group of meerkats and once again it is clear there is a mother and her children the way they crowd her and when it rolls over you get the sense of how comfortable they are. Although the visual language is there, Meerkats most common use of communication is vocal though not heard due to the sound of the birds.
fish from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
The next animal i tidied were fish. Constantly fish open and close their mouth for air and food but here i believe the fish are communicating the movement with the first fig is amazing and with imagination it could seem a the fish is yelling out trying to tell everyone something.
snake from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
I then moved on to snakes, snakes both interest but care me. Their main form of conversation is associated with a 'hiss' sound made by their tongue, i believe for 2 purposes, because snakes are partially blind and use the tongue for extra direction and also for communication. Snakes biggest form of conversation comes from their visual language the way they slither around and in the clip followed my finger to familiarise itself. I also added the image of the snake on the tree simply because its a statement in its own right. It strikes you to say the snake i dominant and comfortable and is in control.
bats and owl monkeys from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
I came across bats and could not resist but watch them for a good hour, just to watch them fly about, sleep and eat. In the form of speaking bats audio is minimal at best you can jut hear the flutter of their wing as they fly but in body language they make up for it as i captured a bat making a clear statement as it crawls over to another bat and bullies it to fly off, this is a clear conversation between the 2 bats and telling the other to 'get lost'.
The other creatures on this clip are owl monkeys, a species i have never come across but peaked my interest. Here i believe are a male and female they stick together and if 1 goes the other follows. But what i found amazing is when i called 1 it came to me and when i put my hand on the glass it put its hands on the glass, it tried to communicate with me, this was a brief moment so i could not capture it.
birds from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
Finally i come to the birds. The first clip was 2 birds exploring an area they have not been before, the body language is clear they are unfamiliar with the area and communicate with each other through chirping and interacting with each other.
The second clip i more interesting the bird seems to be eating alone but a loud chirp uncovers the bird was picking food for another, from the vial language i picked up it was the males female partner.
bird audio 2 from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
bird audio 1 from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
bird audio 3 from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
bird audio 4 from Ryan Tailby on Vimeo.
These are the 4 most appropriate audio clips i recorded, a i explained i only picked up bird sounds but they will help me reference towards my final ideas.
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