Showing posts with label zoology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zoology. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

measuring the close talker?

New PNAS paper shows that when birds flock they position themselves 1.45 body lengths apart. I wonder if humans position themselves 1.45 body widths apart when queueing? ... which prompts the silly question - do larger people space themselves out at a greater distance?