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Schooling - Definition and Overview

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This article is about swarms in biology. For other uses of the term, see Swarm (disambiguation).
School of fish
School of fish

The term swarm (schooling or swarming) is applied to fish, birds and insects and describes a behavior of an aggregation (school) of animals of similar size and body orientation, generally cruising in the same direction. A swarm of honeybees is a more specific term, referring to the reproductive action of an entire colony of bees (as opposed to the reproduction of single bees); see Queen bee and Honeybee life cycle.

Underwater video (looping) of a school of  Clupea harengus on its migration to their spawning grounds in the . With such high speed they can migrate over thousands of kilometers. Some scientists are of the oppinion that cruising in a close group has advantages in the energy consumption, one fish utilizing the pressure field created by the next fish. In the  herring cruise between  and  every year.
Underwater video (looping) of a school of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus on its migration to their spawning grounds in the Baltic. With such high speed they can migrate over thousands of kilometers. Some scientists are of the oppinion that cruising in a close group has advantages in the energy consumption, one fish utilizing the pressure field created by the next fish. In the North Atlantic herring cruise between Norway and Greenland every year.

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Example Usage of Schooling

lparreiras: "I never let my Schooling interfere with my education" - Mark Twain
wemakegood: Started 'Overschooled but Undereducated' by John Abbott . V interesting take on whether current Schooling prepares for 21st century life.
stcaccess: @smiffy Unfortunately, I missed out on physics in my Schooling, so I felt wobbly when you spoke of mechanics. :) ^K
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