# Episode 268: Say What? Animal Communication

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Podcast: [The Wandering Naturalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951)
Published: 2026-02-04T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.threeriversparks.org/podcast
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Duration seconds: 2007

## Resource

Wander with Brandon and Ellen as they explore how animals communicate. From communication that is obvious to us like sound, to communication we may not have considered such as electricity, animals have complicated ways of sharing information.

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