The Gathering Swarms | Preview

Name: The Gathering Swarms | Preview
Uploaded: 2014-05-05T22:21:41Z
Duration: P48S
Description: Get a look at some of the planet’s great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers — sometimes in millions, billions, even trillions. In the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all.

Preview: Season 32 Episode 18 | 48s

Get a look at some of the planet’s great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers — sometimes in millions, billions, even trillions. In the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all.

Aired: 05/21/14

Rating: NR

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