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swarm 1. a group of social insects, esp bees led by a queen, that has left the parent hive in order to start a new colony 2. a large mass of small animals, esp insects How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Since it is a hallmark of most humans not to stick out from their crowd, a surprisingly large number of behaviors and thought processes in people are defined no differently than they are in the fish school. While biologists have never, to Couzin's knowledge, studied a fish school in the act of changing from one of the three swarming patterns to another, each of the patterns has been observed frequently in nature. |
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