• shads@leminal.space
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    14 hours ago

    So is it unwanted for me to point out its about safety? Flocks tend to confuse predators and so by being part of a group they decrease their odds of being lunch when an attack happens. Same reason fish tend to school although smarter predators use that against them.

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      2 hours ago

      Did someone ask them their motivation? I theorise birds are lazy and a group disturbed air current means they need to flap less.

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      13 hours ago

      Even when it is used against them, unless we’re talking about using fishing nets, the chances for individual fish are better in a school.

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    15 hours ago

    Birds actually travel in flocks because mass drone surveillance in largely populated areas is not as easy of a task as one might think. Why do you think they called their company “Flock”? #birdsaren’treal

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      12 hours ago

      Hahah, nonsense, of course they are real. There’s an unmarked van outside your house waiting to take you to see some birds, whenever you are ready.