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Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction. It is a highly interdisciplinary topic.[1] As a term, swarming is applied particularly to insects, but can also be applied to any other entity or animal that exhibits swarm behaviour. The term flocking or murmuration can refer specifically to swarm behaviour in birds, herding to refer to swarm behaviour in tetrapods, and shoaling or schooling to refer to swarm behaviour in fish. Phytoplankton also gather in huge swarms called blooms, although these organisms are algae and are not self-propelled the way most animals are. By extension, the term "swarm" is applied also to inanimate entities which exhibit parallel behaviours, as in a robot swarm, an earthquake swarm, or a swarm of stars. From a more abstract point of view, swarm behaviour is the collective

Swarm behaviour - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Collective behaviour of entities that swarm "Swarm" redirects here. For other uses, see Swarm (disambiguation) . "Swarming" redirects here. For the means of reproduction, see Swarming (honey bee) . For the military tactic, see Swarming (military) . A flock of auklets exhibit swarm behaviour Swarm behaviour , or swarming , is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot, moving en masse, or migrating in some direct

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