Cockroaches Make Group Decisions?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday April 4, 2006 @06:46AM from the they-check-in-but-they-don't-check-out dept.

The Discovery Channel is reporting a recent study indicates that cockroaches govern themselves using simple group consultations before anything that affects the entire group. From the article: " The research determined that cockroach decision-making follows a predictable pattern that could explain group dynamics of other insects and animals, such as ants, spiders, fish and even cows. Cockroaches, Blattella Germanica, are silent creatures, save perhaps for the sound of them scurrying over a counter top. They therefore must communicate without vocalizing.

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Already and example of this by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-04 06:48 · Score: -1, Flamebait

This has already been demonstrated on The Daily KOS. Move along.
I knew it! by Pranjal · 2006-04-04 06:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I always wondered why Balmer and Gates made group decisions in most cases. Now I know why! :p