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With mouth wide open, vibrating air coming up the throat from the vocal chords leaving the open mouth and spreading in all directions. Hi, I am Janice VanCleave, author of 50+ best-selling science experiment books for children ages 4 through high school. I taught science for 27 years and now am creating this science website.   My scream was not staged. The picture was to be of two adult cats, which I was holding. A microsecond before the camera snapped, the two cats dug their claws into my skin as they prepared to leap out of my arms. A picture like this is great for making inferences. Kids could make "guesses" as to why I am screaming. They would be drawing on facts from the photo, such as I look like I am in pain or maybe I am just pretending.

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Animals communicate by sound, such as a tiger’s roar.

But the roar can mean different things depending on its tone and volume. It could mean:

black-round-bullet2 GET AWAY!!!

black-round-bullet2 Let’s Play

black-round-bullet2 Come and Share the Food I Found.
Tigers are also known for communicating with their tails .
The position and motion of a tiger’s tail sends a different message. Using a flexible plastic ruler to represent a tiger’s tail, you can demonstrate how a tiger communicates different messages.
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black-round-bullet2 FRIENDLY: Hold the ruler in an upright position and slowly shake it  back and forth.talking-tiger-tail1

black-round-bullet2 EXCITED!: Hold the ruler to the side and shake it quickly from side to side.talking-tiger-tail21

black-round-bullet2BEWARE!!!  Hold the ruler downward and shake it slightly from side to side.talking-tiger-tail3

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