How do schools of fish and flocks of birds all have such in-sync movements? How do they know which way the others are going to turn, and which speed to move?

Question

This is something I’ve always wondered. They always look so synchronized as if they can read each other’s mind! I’d love an explanation for this.

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Answer 1

It’s pure reflexes. Each fish or bird follows the one directly in front of them and they

In the case of a V formation, they all just keep the next bird in the corner of their periphery. Since they all pretty much identical peripheral vision, they all are pretty much a uniform length from eachother.