DM-Goose

uplift for the bird immediately following. By fling in a \"V\" formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range that if each bird flew on its own. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. Finally--and this is important--when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their own group.
When you see geese heading south for the winter flying in a \"V\" formation, you might consider what science has discovered about why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an