Newspaper piece on the latest in research on flock or swarm behavior. Very interesting if you’ve ever watched a sandpiper flock fly in seeming unison as if controlled by a single brain.
Posted by: atowhee | November 20, 2007
How do they do that?
Posted in birds, mammals, research | Tags: behavioral research, flocks, group behavior, insects, swarms
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