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Have you ever read the picture book 5mwzy2 Swimmy and the other httle sh get
together and pretend to be one big fsh. By doing so, they are able to drive away (追い払う)
a big enemy fish.
This story shows why many animals, fish, birds and insects (昆虫) gather together in nature.
By acting together, they protect themselves from enemies, find food, and raise (育て2
children. PTher inteligent behavior (賢い行動) as a group enables them to survive in the
real world, as Swimmy and bis fellow fish do in the picture book.
Scientists think that the study ofwhat they call 'collective intelligence"(集国としての知
can be helpful to us humans.
collective intelligence ofants. They watched ants
mislowing down. Among the swarm (群れ) of
ment out for food and came back.
mark the path with a chemical called
ants simply follow the signals on the
am6lswarm as a wholeis! The scientis
記語n give us a hint for solvyins our