In the documentary you can watch Gnues in Africa crossing a river in a flock. All survive even this specimen of animal is not more individuelle intelligent than the zebraes. The zebraes moves around solo, and many of them lose their life crossing the river due to hungry crocodiles.
A swarm of mayflies has its own form of intelligence beyond scientific understanding.
'Nature has evolved two ways of creating intelligent behaviour,' says John Downer, the producer of the series Swarm. 'One is to develop large, sophisticated brains in individual organisms, such as humans, and the other is millions of smaller brains, which communicate with each other inside a colony - the superswarm.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1104292/Hell-earth-The-rampaging-super-swarms-birds-insects-invading-suburbia.html#ixzz0PJk3AySY
As Pete Miller on National Geographic`s website: "A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots." Read about Swarm Theory on National Geographic`s website:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/swarms/miller-text
Swarm intelligence is already used by businesses to improve efficiency and by the military as it develops ground and air robots, but it may soon be smoothing your morning commute, speeding your airport departures, or routing your plane around bad weather. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/swarms/did-you-know-learn
Stein Morten Lund, 24 August 2009
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