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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Young Senior Elder Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,298
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Geese Flying in Formation
As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in the V formation, the whole flock adds at least twenty per cent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
People who share a common direction and a sense of continuity can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
When a goose falls from formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to do it alone. It then quickly gets back into the formation, so as to take advantage of the lifting power of one another. If we have as much sense as geese, we will stay in formation with those people who are headed the same way as we are.
When the head goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wings and another goose takes its place. It is sensible to take turns with long demanding jobs, whether with people or with geese flying south.
Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. What messages do we give when we honk from behind?
Finally and this is most important when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out of formation 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 group. If we have a sense of goose, we will stand by each like that.
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This always reminds me of reyn....can you hear me honking? 
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