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- Jan 2025
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radiolab.org radiolab.org
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SCOTT WEIDENSAUL: And when they migrate to Africa, from the moment they leave their breeding grounds in central Europe all the way south to Africa, through the entirety of the winter in Africa and all the way back on their spring migration, they never touch ground. ANNIE: These birds lift up off the ground, and don't come down again for 10 months of the year! LATIF: Ten months of the year? ANNIE: Yes. It flies—it flies for 10 straight months. SCOTT WEIDENSAUL: They only come to the ground for the shortest period of time that they possibly can manage. They have stretched the thread connecting them to the ground absolutely to the breaking point.
The Common Swift flies for 10 straight months
See Common Swift - eBird and The Common Swift Is the New Record Holder for Longest Uninterrupted Flight | Audubon.
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- Aug 2023
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howtosavetheworld.ca howtosavetheworld.ca
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It probably isn’t even a stretch to suggest that herds and flocks of many other animals use a form of direct democracy in making their decisions. Again despite the myths, “alphas” do not make decisions for others, “leadership” roles rotate regularly, the “law of two (or four) feet” tests the group’s readiness for consensus, and principles such as the “first follower” enable wild creatures to reach a decision in their group’s best collective interest. Dissenters and unpersuaded group members are free to go off and look for another group, except at critical times (such as breeding season, or when under attack), when all members of the group instinctively pitch in to share the extra burden or workload, or help work through the crisis or challenge. We’re not so different, or, at least, we weren’t.
- for: animal decision-making
- adjacency
- animal herding behavior and
- direct democracy
- claim
- herds and flocks of many other animals (other than human) use a form of direct democracy in making decisions
- Alphas do not alone make decisions, as leadership often rotates
- The law of "two feet (or four" tests the group's readiness for consensus and the "first follower" principle
- dissenters and unpersuaded group members are free to go off and look for another group
- except at critical times such as
- breeding season
- under threat
- except at critical times such as
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