Schooling VS. Shoaling: what's the difference?

[mellowvision]

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[OgreMkV]

Shoal - A large school of fish or other marine animals.

School - A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.

American Heritage Dictionary @ yahoo.com

[mellowvision]

lol. ok then!

[jpappy789]

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%20morgan%20Dissertation.pdf

[mellowvision]

nice info, this is exactly what I was looking for. thanks!

[divingne1]

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When a blonde moment attacks and I can't remember how to spell shoal...it becomes school.

[divingne1]

See...those blonde moments attack often I am afraid.