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Schools of fish can resemble a single organism as they speed through the ocean in search of food or gather to defend their territory.
A new study has found that it is also easier for fish to swim through turbulent water if they are in a group compared with swimming alone.
“The ecological and evolutionary benefits of energy-saving in collective behaviors are rooted in the physical principles and physiological mechanisms underpinning animal locomotion,” the researchers wrote in the study. “We discovered that, when swimming at high speeds and high turbulence levels,…
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