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THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND STARLINGS.

December 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM · Science

THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND STARLINGS. I posted here and here about fractals and finance and art. I recently received this video of the patterns formed by 300,000 starlings in flight from a friend, with the message: “If you like fractals half as much as I, you’ll love these starlings.”

2 comments

Dick Weisfelder December 9, 2009 at 3:53 PM

Who counted them?

Philip December 9, 2009 at 7:14 PM

It seems to have been Danes, which gives a presumption of accuracy.