How do swarms of fish or starlings work?

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How do swarms of fish or starlings work?

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Answer 1

I actually just read about the fish scenario the other day. It’s from chapter 3 of the book ‘Supernavigators’ by David Barrie.

Animals have different senses than humans that allows them to see, smell, feel, (etc.) things we can’t. A dog’s sense of smell, for example.

Part of a fish’s body contains a series of extremely sensitive pores that can detect the slightest change in the water around them. This allows them to change direction based on everything going on all around them, like the other fish in their shoal.