Canada geese fly in a 'V' formation to reduce their energy costs. Each bird is able to take advantage of the reduced wind resistance behind the lead birds. To avoid turbulence they fly at high altitudes.
Wild thing
Wild thing Animal behaviourists have started studying other
animal behaviourists! At a recent conference in Massachusetts, USA,
researchers from the Marine Biological Laboratory watched 42
presentations and examined how the presenters ‘doodled’
shapes with laser pointers. They found that bird behaviourists used
4 kinds of different doodles, scientists studying other vertebrates
used 2.3 kinds of doodles and scientists studying invertebrates
used only 1.5 different kinds of shapes during their
talks. 7 SEPTEMBER 2000
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