_MURMURATIONS series #1_2

_latex and flesh

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_studio research new installation /performance 

_LION PHASE V: ACT III VIVARIUM II (work title)

 

Murmurations are an anti-predator strategy:

 

1/The dilution-effect: as group size increases, the chance of any one individual suffering predation decreases, favouring larger groups. Individual birds could further decrease their individual risk through a separate (but complementary) strategy of seeking more sheltered locations within the flock, with birds on the edge of the flock continually moving towards the centre. 2/ Detection-effect: group anti-predator vigilance increases as the number of individuals in the group increases. 3/ Predator-confusion effect: most aerial predators hunt by targeting a specific bird within a group. The constant movement within murmurations might reduce a predator’s ability to “lock onto” an individual; an effect known as target degeneracy. Group size and density might also be important, with predators finding it harder to isolate individuals in larger, denser groups. Predation pressure can result in waves of agitation (dark bends moving away from the predator) as a result of changes in bird orientation and in the shape of the murmuration itself. 

 

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