tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13333926.post3766241170751619241..comments2024-03-25T22:52:15.042+00:00Comments on The Generalist: CURIOUS FACTS: MAGNETIC COWS & COW MAGNETSJohn Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09501711032849084572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13333926.post-46710853998652894562012-08-18T14:20:58.625+01:002012-08-18T14:20:58.625+01:00Oh my! Animal magnetism! Perhaps this is the real ...Oh my! Animal magnetism! Perhaps this is the real reason most hoofed mammals gather in herds and flocks - they are attracted to each other by more than just a desire to baffle and confuse predators. Cattle will congregate in fence-corners, too, even in an otherwise open field - obviously not for shelter - perhaps magnetically attracted to all that metal in the wire...<br /><br />In the case of humans, most tend to "stick together" as well, but there is the odd "reversed-polarity" individual who never does adhere to the group, going off by himself, sometimes even becoming so anti-social as to attack the group from which his antagonistic polarity repulses him.<br /><br />And we thought it was all in our heads!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309520223611398862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13333926.post-44646210958165459762012-08-18T14:19:58.833+01:002012-08-18T14:19:58.833+01:00Oh my! Animal magnetism! Perhaps this is the real ...Oh my! Animal magnetism! Perhaps this is the real reason most hoofed mammals gather in herds and flocks - they are attracted to each other by more than just a desire to baffle and confuse predators. Cattle will congregate in fence-corners, too, even in an otherwise open field - obviously not for shelter - perhaps magnetically attracted to all that metal in the wire...<br /><br />In the case of humans, most tend to "stick together" as well, but there is the odd "reversed-polarity" individual who never does adhere to the group, going off by himself, sometimes even becoming so anti-social as to attack the group from which his antagonistic polarity repulses him.<br /><br />And we thought it was all in our heads!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309520223611398862noreply@blogger.com