So I just learned this today, but when small birds in the forest make an alarm call that they see a bird of prey, other animals nearby mimic that alarm call and spread the message around to warn each other.
It's not just birds that mimic the alarm call, squirrels and other small mammals do it too. Squirrels are apparently especially good at mimicing the alarm call. The alarm goes out and all the nearby animals, regardless of species contribute to it and benefit from it.
I just think it's wild that small forest animals developed what amounts to a rudimentary common language to deal with predators.
I was thinking about animals sharing alarm calls and the thought "the animals have unionised" popped into my head. I kept playing with that idea and made this.
yeah!!! This is also a cool thing we can tap into as humans / "humans" . if you know alarm calls, you can listen to the animals around you in the wilderness and get an indication of what's up.
thing is, animals will probably alarm call / go silent because Human Person = Potential Threat. I remember reading something where in order to join this interspecies communication web, or at least to receive info from it, the animals must be used to your presence. spend a lot of time in one place, being calm and quiet. slowly, more and more animals will be comfortable around you , begin their usual non-alarm chatter.
so when alarm is raised, they've seen something other than you ..
