Comments on: Heart of the Swarm – the Amazing Science of Shoals, Flocks, Hives and Brains

By: Suzanne Spittal

Suzanne Spittal — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:47:39 +0000

I breed Koi Fish and your comment on stupid fish is unwarranted. Fish are far from stupid and I have a video to prove it. My son’s pond pump went off and some fish died. He brought one who was almost dead to my pond for help. The other fish held it up, moved with it, took it to the air outlet time and again and stayed with it until it regained its breath. Even then they kept swarming around it to make sure it was okay. Definitely not stupid and no human intervention needed!!

By: Dana Hrisoverghi

Dana Hrisoverghi — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:16:43 +0000

Thank you.

By: Christopher McLaughlin

Christopher McLaughlin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:46:18 +0000

“stupide fish”…”stupid insects”… if you want to convey the relative intellectual and mental abilities of various organisms to that of hominids, perhaps you should rethink your word choice. It rather jarringly detracts from your usual stellar writing style. Remind readers of the size of an insect’s brain, or the number of neurons in an average brain of some species of fish instead.

By: SimonD

SimonD — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:47:44 +0000

Ed, are you a Starcraft 2 fan? ^^
Either way, this was a fabulous read, as always!

By: biozcw

biozcw — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:54:39 +0000

For the swarm!

By: SP

SP — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:31:05 +0000

The third and fourth sentence in the first paragraph are functional duplicates. You might want to delete one or the other.