2,8 (herding instincts)

D.    herding instincts:

W.D. Hamilton's Selfish herd theory - the desire to congregate toward the center mass.  Mostly based on survival and predation instincts.  

Colonies of ants (need footage)

ants digging tunnels 900x life speed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRNBHM3DR0
4:16 - 4:32

overlap Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching (Central Park concert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXPOHCsgWFw&feature=player_embedded#!
AUDIO - 2:08 - 2:22 (crowd sings the lines)

Flocks of birds
AUDIO - Phish - Birds of a Feather (are flocking outside)

300,000 birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wFZavdhPU
:45 - :53 (massive Starling migration)

Schools of fish
Oceans - Fish Frenzy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7OYeIXsW60
I'll admit.  That one was computer generated.  But it does make you think about response mechanisms.
:26 - :33

There's a reason for the variety of terms.  It's because human herding instincts are part of the evolutionary process, consistent in all life forms, even bacteria.  Migration of the wildebeest on the Masai Mara.  I've witnessed it first hand.

The Great Migration of the Animal's in Serngeti 480P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1nxN1gLlWk
29:24 - 29:30 (pushing and shoving in the river)
31:15 - 31:23 (one plunges off the cliff)

Even with accurate information, peoples ability to make rational decisions are still compromised and overridden by the herding instincts.