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What are Animals Saying? Preview

Can we crack the code of animal communication?

Aired 04/04/2018

NOVA

What are Animals Saying? Preview

Preview: Season 45 Episode 101 | 28sVideo has Closed Captions

Can we crack the code of animal communication?

From singing whales and squeaking bats to thumping spiders and clicking dolphins, the world is filled with the exotic sounds of our fellow creatures. What are they saying? Can we decode their own communications? NOVA Wonders follows researchers around the globe who are deciphering an amazing array of clues that reveal how animals share information critical to their survival.

Aired 04/04/2018

National corporate funding for NOVA Wonders is provided by Draper. Major funding for NOVA Wonders is provided by National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Alfred P....

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