Problem, Walt, is that the human mind and intellect doesn't
necessarily determine what the boundaries of "communication" are
within the fold of the wild natural. I sort of figure that if an
organism of any size evolved to emit a sound signature, it was a
signal meant to be detected on some level by others, either of its
own kind or different.
Bernie
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>> Goes back further than that, folks. We got insect larvae, and now,
>> even virus signatures. They should hear the signature of earthworms
>> doing their ritual soil-slither. Remember: the BBC is an authority.
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>The hard part is deciding if it's deliberate communication, as opposed
>to just sound produced incidentally. The question BBC was replying to
>was when it became communication.
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>I'd not be surprised at it being older than insects. But, right off
>cannot think of a example that's clearly communication.
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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