Watch a flock of birds fly - they all fly together and change direction simultaneously. Schools of fish do the same thing. Humans don't though - they get into collisions. Explanation?
2006-12-07 18:38:22 · 4 answers · asked by lip11 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They watch eachother and can react real fast.
If you record a flock of birds and replay it in slow motion you can see that there is a short delay between the movement of the birds.
2006-12-07 20:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by anton3s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called instinct. Instinct is a programming by a higher source that science cannot explain. It is a set of bio-electrical code similar to computer program code that tells animals, software and industrial robots what to do.
Instinct is also one of the many reasons why the theory of evolution is still a theory after 150 years and cannot be proven. Mutation fact, evolution fairy tale. Some people simply cannot accept the existence a supernatural being...God.
2006-12-08 02:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by zoomat4580 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think some of the birds are negatively charged, and others positively charged. They repel each other.
2006-12-08 02:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by sarcastro1976 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously they have some sort of built-in mechanism for carrying out a group activity. humans do this all the time, too, we're just not as good at it....
2006-12-08 02:41:13 · answer #4 · answered by yjovian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋