La minusvaloración de la comunicación animal: un ejemplo con la danza de las abejas
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https://doi.org/10.22370/lv.2026.31.1.4915Palabras clave:
danza de las abejas, simbolicidad, arbitrariedad, iconicidad, tipos de referenciaResumen
Aunque la comunicación animal es un hecho innegable, cuestión diferente es reconocer su gran sofisticación. A pesar de múltiples evidencias sobre la complejidad de muchos sistemas comunicativos animales, esta complejidad es a veces relativizada o negada mediante distintas estrategias. Este trabajo ilustra una de esas estrategias, que consiste en rebajar el tipo de referencia usado por los animales. En concreto, aborda una de las conductas comunicativas animales más representativas, la danza de las abejas. Aunque Karl von Frisch mostró hace mucho tiempo que la danza constituye un sistema simbólico, esto está lejos de ser aceptado. De hecho, muchos autores niegan su carácter simbólico o arbitrario, sosteniendo que en realidad tiene un formato icónico. El artículo discute críticamente y rebate la supuesta iconicidad de la danza, mostrando que unos insectos como las abejas disponen de un modo de referencia arbitrario.
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