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A trail of wake vortices generated by a hummingbird's flight. Discovered after training a bird to fly through a cloud of neutrally buoyant helium-filled soap bubbles and recording airflows in the wake with stereo photography.[1]
[edit] References
- ↑ Rayner, J.M.V. 1995. Dynamics of vortex wakes of flying and swimming vertebrates. J. Exp. Biol. 49:131-155.
[edit] Sources
- Based on diagram seen in: Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, 5th Ed. (textbook) Milton Hildebrand, George Goslow. 2001. Figure 28.15. p537.
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