animal sociality
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In this segment, Eddie and Clair discuss belonging and isolation through the lens of animals. Within nature social behavior exists along a spectrum, but how do different organizations and ways of communication play a role in developing animal social structures? What does this mean for humans? To explore this question, they examine three different species: honey bees, lemurs, and a blue whale.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr. Lydia Green at the Duke Lemur Center for allowing us to interview her about lemur social behaviors, and the staff at the Duke Lemur Center who provided the lemur vocalization recording presented in our segment. We would also like to thank Justin D’Orazio at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Media and Design Center for the tutorial on how to use Adobe Audition, and the staff at the UNC Media and Design Center for providing us with the equipment necessary to produce this podcast.This segment was brought to you by the students of Dr. Steven Gotzler’s English 105 Section 97 class as a podcast assignment on belonging and isolation.
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“Honey Bee Anatomy - with Illustration and Explanatory Notes.” BuzzAboutBees.net, https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/honey-bee-anatomy.html.
“Information on the Roles of Queen Bees, Drones and Worker Bees.” MDBKA, 20 July 2022, https://www.mdbka.com/bee-information/.
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"The search for the loneliest whale in the world; When people learned he vocalized at a much higher pitch than other whales, they wondered: could other whales hear him? Was he plaintively calling, never hearing a reply? Was he lonely?" Guardian [London, England], 14 July 2021, p. NA. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A668467091/BIC?u=unc_main&sid=summon&xid=57c7b9a0. Accessed 19 Feb. 2023.
Relevant Links
If you would like to learn more about our fuzzy friends, check out the Duke Lemur Center's website!
Want to learn more about the loneliest whale in the world? Check out this preview for a film about 52 blue.
Music
“The 52Hz Whale.” YouTube, YouTube, 5 Sept. 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm674DfbXO8. Accessed 19 Feb. 2023.
“Flight of the Bumblebee- Rimsky-Korsakov.” Youtube, Youtube, 1 Jul., 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7rF4QNtogU Accessed 21 Feb. 2023.
Cupelli, Mattia, director. Emotional Sad Beautiful Modern Piano Solo | Lullaby. YouTube, YouTube, 7 Oct. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H6CUWsOPXA. Accessed 25 Apr. 2023.
Haydn, Franz Joseph, director. String Quartet No. 30 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob.III:38, "The Joke": IV. Finale. YouTube, YouTube, 17 Jan. 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qMGm5Msek. Accessed 25 Apr. 2023.
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