Birds
Main article: Flocking (behaviour) See also: Flock (birds), Bird landings, Bird strike, Mixed-species foraging flock, and Mobbing behaviour- Nagy M, Akos Zs, Biro D and Vicsek T (2010) "Hierarchical group dynamics in pigeon flocks" Nature, 464: 890-893. Download pdf Supplementary pdf
Read more about this topic: Swarm Behaviour, Biological Swarming
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“The birds their quire apply; airs, vernal airs,
Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune
The trembling leaves, while universal Pan,
Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance,
Led on th’ eternal Spring.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
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No doubt that soldiers had to be marching
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