We stopped the boat about two miles offshore, and switched off the engines. Immediately we could hear the singing of a humpback whale. I have heard them underwater many times. They are the ocean equivalent of birdsong in a forest; their moaning songs playing in the background, sometimes coming from miles away. But to hear […]
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Group Mind in Flocks of Birds
The water pipits have just returned for their winter sojourn. In the morning they often skim the water in flocks of 50 to a 100, turning this way, then that, seemingly as a whole. Many times I’ve watched flocks of birds wheeling together, and wondered if this is truly a collective phenomenon, a consequence of […]
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