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« on: 21-Aug-14, 12:10:51 AM »

http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/08/18/mystery-of-starling-flock-formation-expl?videoId=340519101&videoChannel=118169&channelName=Editors%27+Picks

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« Reply #1 on: 22-Aug-14, 07:18:21 AM »

Thanks Dale!  Very interesting. 
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« Reply #2 on: 22-Aug-14, 11:21:11 AM »

Thanks, Dale.
That's interesting - each starling orients to the whole mass of birds, rather than to the nearest neighbors. It's the opposite of how humans fly formation.
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« Reply #3 on: 27-Aug-14, 01:37:21 AM »

I don't know about opposite, but close; I orient to whoever is carrying smoked pork belly.
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« Reply #4 on: 27-Aug-14, 10:41:52 AM »

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