FOLLOW ME Pigeon flocks have leaders and followers, an analysis of data recorded by GPS devices in bird-borne backpacks reveals. Zsuzsa Ákos
Even the bird-brained can follow a leader. When pigeons fly in flocks, each bird falls behind another with better navigational skill, and the savviest among them leads the flock, scientists report in the April 8 Nature.
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