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Also happens in, for example, ants[0], or any other animal that does follow-the-leader without a timeout mechanism like boredom.

Humans exhibit the same general behaviour, but followers are more (read, at all) likely to notice they're going in a circle and break off. (Usually quite quickly.)

0: youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlzoT0sLaM




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