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Whether Birds Flap, Glide, or Soar Determines Wing Range of Motion (But Not Wing Shape) (1 of 9)

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Whether Birds Flap, Glide, or Soar Determines Wing Range of Motion (But Not Wing Shape) (1 of 9)

image: Composite image of a glaucous-winged gull gliding through the air. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 23rd, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by V.B. Baliga at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and colleagues was titled, "Range of motion in the avian wing is strongly associated with flight behavior and body mass." view more 

Credit: Vikram B. Baliga


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