Finding the beat of collective animal motion: Scientists show reciprocity is key to driving coordinated movements
Across nature, animals from swarming insects to herding mammals can organize into seemingly choreographed motion. Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that these coordinated movements arise from each animal following simple rules about where their neighbors are located.
Baden Wüberg Iain Couzin Hungarian Academy Of Sciences Northwestern University Behavior Research Group Max Planck Institute Of Animal Behavior
Source: phys.org