When following the leader can lead into the jaws of death

Monday, May 12, 2008 - 17:07 in Health & Medicine

For animals that live in social groups, and that includes humans, blindly following a leader could place them in danger. To avoid this, animals have developed simple but effective behaviour to follow where at least a few of them dare to tread - rather than follow a single group member.

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