Characteristics of firms in oligopoly

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Testifying at a price fixing trial involving Cargill Corp. and the market for chicken growth hormone, (in which the Cargill is one of only three firms worldwide), an executive for Perdue said: "It's an oligopoly. When one (firm) changes price, they all do...Usually within minutes."

Why is it not surprising to find that in an oligopoly which sells a basically undifferentiated product like chicken growth hormone all the firms change prices simultaneously, even if there is no explicit price fixing?

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