Sheep flocks operate as a type of ‘collective intelligence’ and elect temporary leaders to guide them while moving. The fluidity of this process is extremely surprising. zmescience.com Submitted by nimobo t3_z1ya6v on November 22, 2022 at 4:42 PM in science 157 comments 6,890
designOraptor t1_ixe9fp9 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 7:58 PM So do border collies have some genetic ability to recognize which sheep are the temporary leaders? Permalink 7 jinxbob t1_ixeqto5 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:54 PM More likely the temporary leaders when the BC is around are assumed by the same sheep each time. Permalink Parent 8 [deleted] t1_ixfjbtq wrote on November 23, 2022 at 1:33 AM [deleted] Permalink Parent 6 [deleted] t1_ixeoz83 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:41 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
jinxbob t1_ixeqto5 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:54 PM More likely the temporary leaders when the BC is around are assumed by the same sheep each time. Permalink Parent 8
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