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democracy at its most lethal: a thousand creatures voting with their hooves to flee.
crowd physicsDense human crowds flow like fluid, pressure waves and all.
triggerA single startled animal can launch the whole herd.
deadly forceCrowd crush can bend steel barriers, not just bodies.
wildebeestOver a million cross the Serengeti in annual surges.
word originFrom Spanish estampida, meaning a crash or uproar.