F O R L I T T L E Y E L L O W D U C K S

By Galorian Illustrator：Zhao An Art Editor：Zhang Tinghui

“Groups of animals are faced with decisions which they must make if they are to

remain together.”

“There are simple 3 rules that allow groups of animals to work so well.

Those rules allow thousands and even millions of relatively simple animals to

make decisions and move like a single organism. Look at the images and let’s

see if you can tell which these 3 rules are?

For a school of fish, an example of a typical decision might be which direction to

swim when confronted by a predator.

Look at the image and think, are all fish swimming same direction?

Do they touch each other? Are the near or far from each other?

A School of Fish

A herd of elephants, same as other herbivores, must decide when and where to

migrate.

Look at the image and think, Are the near or far from each other?

A herd of elephants

Flocking behavior is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock,

are foraging or in flight.

Look at the image and think, are all flying same direction?

Do they touch each other? Are the near or far from each other?

Flying In A Flock

Little Yellow duck, I can see that you are more interested in ants then in listening.

so let me share with you all that even social insects such as ants and bees must

decide together where to build a new nest.

Anyone knows the answer ???

Move same

direction as your

friends.

Stay close to

each other. Don’t touch

others when

flying.

Correct!

The 3 rules are:

1. Move as same direction as your

neighbors.

2. Stay close to those beside you.

3. Don’t touch others, when on the move.

With these three simple rules, the group moves as one, creating complex

motion and interaction that would be extremely hard to create otherwise.

WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?

DO WE FOLLOW THESE RULES?

Groups of humans are faced with decisions which

they must make if they are to remain together.

Study has shown that a group of people exhibits a very

similar behavioral pattern to that of a flock, where if 5% of the

flock would change direction the others would follow suit.

Understanding how humans interact in crowds is important if

crowd management is to effectively avoid casualties at football

grounds, music concerts and subway stations and even more

then that if we wish to learn of how to lead the change in the

new culture.

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

For farther thought