ABSTRACT
Achapterdealingwithafieldofstudyaswide,ascomplexandas relativelynewaszoo-semiotics(embracingcommunicativebehaviourin allnon-humanspecies)isbound,forseveralreasons,tobehighly impressionistic.Thereare,however,certaingeneralities,aswellas certainspecificpoints,thatcanbeusefullypickedout,ifonehopesto reproduceforthereadersomeofthe'flavour'ofrecentandcurrent zoo-semioticresearch.
