Princeton University: Get Moving! Mystery of Animal Group Behavior
September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 30 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Princeton University issued the following news release:
It's not uncommon to see a flock of birds, startled by some perceived threat, take to the air in a highly coordinated flight. Similar behavior can be observed in schooling fishes where each fish, mimicking the movement of its neighbor, turns, darts or zigzags away from a threat with uncanny precision. In both cases, it seems as if the respective groups -- the flock an . . .
It's not uncommon to see a flock of birds, startled by some perceived threat, take to the air in a highly coordinated flight. Similar behavior can be observed in schooling fishes where each fish, mimicking the movement of its neighbor, turns, darts or zigzags away from a threat with uncanny precision. In both cases, it seems as if the respective groups -- the flock an . . .