The great white shark in Jaws knew exactly where it was going — to the closest pair of plump legs around. But where might it head if it didn’t have a tasty human snack in its sights?
WALK THIS WAY An animal moving according to random, or Brownian, motion (top left and bottom) often returns to the same place it started.
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