Eldorado 61,180 #1 Posted April 3 (edited) When startled, reindeer sometimes band together and keep moving in a constant swirling motion, in a behavior that is thought to confuse predators and make it more difficult to pick out a single animal from the herd. "It's a defense strategy, designed to confuse any predator," PBS said in the documentary. "Whether wolf, bear, or Viking – achieving a clean kill in a swirling melee like this is difficult." IFL Science 51secs https://www.designboom.com/design/reindeer-cyclone-wild-way-of-vikings-pbs-04-01-2021/ Edited April 3 by Eldorado 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manwon Lender 18,324 #2 Posted April 3 2 hours ago, Eldorado said: When startled, reindeer sometimes band together and keep moving in a constant swirling motion, in a behavior that is thought to confuse predators and make it more difficult to pick out a single animal from the herd. "It's a defense strategy, designed to confuse any predator," PBS said in the documentary. "Whether wolf, bear, or Viking – achieving a clean kill in a swirling melee like this is difficult." IFL Science 51secs https://www.designboom.com/design/reindeer-cyclone-wild-way-of-vikings-pbs-04-01-2021/ Ants will do the same thing, except unless they are interrupted they will continue to move in that spiral until they die. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eldorado 61,180 #3 Posted April 8 Sheep assemble into mysterious 'flock circles' in Rottingdean https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19216187.sheep-assemble-mysterious-flock-circles-rottingdean/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
