Bees' waggle dance- Katie Lamp

When we watched the video about the waggle dance in bees and how this extraordinary ability has been studied for years by ethologists, I found it really interesting not because I wanted to know "how" they "know" where the food is, but because I love it when scientists, and in particular ethologists, examine phenomenons in non-human animal species that humans do not exhibit. Communication in many non-human animal species is of particular interest to me because I think that this characteristic (human communication) is the factor many people contribute to why they think humans are superior to other species. Granted, this is not the case with everyone, and many people try to understand and respect the things that make other species unique, but many people say that humans are superior because of our form of communication and how it has advanced us as a species. I wish that every person who provided this as a reason could see the video on the waggle dance in bees because humans have no form of communication that parallels the unspoken communication between these bees that allows them to track down food miles away.