Viral video showing birds crashing into ground in Mexico stirs theories
Birds’ sudden plunge could be result of natural instinct
A video of a flock of birds crashing into the ground in Mexico, a phenomenon that shook the internet last week, is a naturally occurring instinct in the species, experts say.
Dozens of dead birds were discovered in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua on Feb. 7, and a security camera recorded the incident.
An ecologist said the incident was likely caused by a predator and the birds’ instinctive defensive response, known as a murmuration, the Guardian reported.
"This looks like a raptor, like a peregrine or hawk, has been chasing a flock, like they do with murmurating starlings, and they have crashed as the flock was forced low," said Richard Broughton, an ecologist with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the Guardian reported.
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Birds’ sudden plunge could be result of natural instinct
A video of a flock of birds crashing into the ground in Mexico, a phenomenon that shook the internet last week, is a naturally occurring instinct in the species, experts say.
Dozens of dead birds were discovered in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua on Feb. 7, and a security camera recorded the incident.
An ecologist said the incident was likely caused by a predator and the birds’ instinctive defensive response, known as a murmuration, the Guardian reported.
"This looks like a raptor, like a peregrine or hawk, has been chasing a flock, like they do with murmurating starlings, and they have crashed as the flock was forced low," said Richard Broughton, an ecologist with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, the Guardian reported.
Viral video showing birds crashing into ground in Mexico stirs theories
A video of a flock of birds crashing into the ground in Mexico, a phenomenon that shook the internet last week, is a naturally occurring instinct in the species, experts say.
