Mae watched them on the
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“How would they know?” I said.
“They wouldn’t,” Charley said. “Their main sensory modality is vision. They may have picked up a little auditory over the generations, but it’s still primarily vision. If they
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Rosie came over with David. He said, “I’m really sorry, guys.”
“No problem.”
“It’s okay, David.”
“I don’t know what happened. I just couldn’t stand it.”
Charley said, “Don’t worry, David. We understand. You’re a psycho and you cracked. We get the picture.
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Rosie put her arm around David, who blew his nose loudly. She stared at the monitor. “What’s happening with them now?” Rosie said.
“They don’t seem to know we’re here.”
“Okay ...”
“We’re hoping it stays that way.”
“Uh-huh. And if it doesn’t?” Rosie said.
I had been thinking about
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“Which means?”
“We flock,” I said.
Charley gave a horse laugh. “Yeah, right, we flock—and pray like hell!”
“I’m serious,” I said.
Over the last thirty years, scientists had studied predator-prey
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uggs discount of animals provided increased vigilance. And attacking predators were often confused when the herd fled in all directions. Sometimes they literally stopped cold. Show a predator too many moving targets and it often chased none.