Honeybees communicate the location of food sources through a "waggle dance" — a figure-eight movement whose angle and duration encode direction and distance. First decoded in the 1940s by Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch, the dance remains one of the most striking examples of symbolic communication in the animal kingdom.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A
Symbolic communication is unique to humans.
- Bcheck_circle
The honeybee waggle dance is a notable instance of symbolic communication in animals.
- C
Karl von Frisch was an Austrian zoologist.
- D
Bees primarily communicate through scent.
Explanation
The passage describes the dance as a striking example of symbolic communication — B. A and C are details/false; D contradicts the text.