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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:07 PM
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Murmuration
This is an incredible video of a murmuration, a collection of starlings in flight, displaying what is called emergent behavior; a behavior that cannot be attributed to a single individual, but to the collection as a whole. This is magical and well worth viewing.

http://vimeo.com/31158841
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:12 PM
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1. 8_
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:13 PM
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2. What a spectacular display!
go birdies
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:16 PM
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3. Saw this on FB a few days ago. Amazing. nt
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:51 PM
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4. Never mind. I thought it said something else.
:evilgrin:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 09:59 PM
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5. That went over my head... like a murmuration....
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 01:11 AM
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6. I love watching that video.
I've seen them do that at dusk a lot, though not in as huge numbers as in that video. The first time I saw it, I was driving home from work, crawling along the highway, watching their amazing flight. I love it!
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HappyMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-11 10:34 AM
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7. Whoa!
Deeply cool. But it would probably freak me out a little at first.
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