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I think I found the article! https://phys.org/news/2022-11-physics-sheep-flocks-alternate-leader.html https://phys.org/news/2022-11-physics-sheep-flocks-altern

• boredumb 4y ago
  Beware the judas goat!
  • iAm25626 4y ago
    I get that reference. For context - https://www.npr.org/2005/08/09/4791878/common-intruders-threaten-galapagos-species https://www.npr.org/2005/08/09/4791878/common-intruders-thre...
  • alexfromapex 4y ago
    Collective intelligence sounds like a good thing but in this case the intelligence part is a bit suspect
  • neilv 4y ago
    3 days ago, for those who missed it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33655215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33655215
    • eternalban 4y ago
      Ongoing (still?), in China, in case you missed it: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/a-flock-of-sheep-has-been-walking-in-a-circle-for-12-days-and-nobody-knows-why-weird-203957793.html https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/a-flock-of-sheep-has-been-wa...
      • a1369209993 4y ago
        Also happens in, for example, ants[0], or any other animal that does follow-the-leader without a timeout mechanism like boredom. Humans exhibit the same general behaviour, but followers are more (read, at all) likely to notice they're going in a circle and break off. (Usually quite quickly.) 0: youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlzoT0sLaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlzoT0sLaM
      • pigtailgirl 4y ago
        -- newsweek spoke to a sheep expert who says they're bored and pissed off -- https://www.newsweek.com/mystery-sheep-circle-china-12-days-potentially-solved-1760985 https://www.newsweek.com/mystery-sheep-circle-china-12-days-...