could never emulate them. how and why do animals move in sync to find out we visit biologist alex jordan at the max planck institute in konstanz in southern germany he describes diving among a shoal of fish they were moving around me in this in this rhythmic pattern and i could hear it really whoosh whoosh as i swear through and i could see nothing but a wall of fish and it was so dramatic an amazing. choreography without a choreographer but how does it work in the past swarm behavior was believed to function according to quite simple rules such as follow the leader or dodge the predator but now researchers have revised their opinion. we know that in these systems individuals differ individuals differ in how they perceive information in the threshold that they respond in so many aspects they are not