Schooling VS. Shoaling: what's the difference?
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Shoal - A large school of fish or other marine animals.
School - A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.
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School - A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.
American Heritage Dictionary @ yahoo.com
According to this site...
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/behavior/schooling.shtml
there is a difference. Also,
"A shoal can be defined as a social group produced by individual fish choosing to stay with their fellows. Schooling is a type of shoaling that is defined by the types of highly synchronised and polarised behaviour exhibited by shoaling fish, usually under threat from predators."
^ info from some scientific study by Sarah Morgan whoever that is...
http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/students/ejournal/issue4/projects/Sarah morgan Dissertation.pdf
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/behavior/schooling.shtml
there is a difference. Also,
"A shoal can be defined as a social group produced by individual fish choosing to stay with their fellows. Schooling is a type of shoaling that is defined by the types of highly synchronised and polarised behaviour exhibited by shoaling fish, usually under threat from predators."
^ info from some scientific study by Sarah Morgan whoever that is...
http://www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/students/ejournal/issue4/projects/Sarah morgan Dissertation.pdf
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When a blonde moment attacks and I can't remember how to spell shoal...it becomes school.