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> Never Before Seen in Nature > Many insects harbour such filter-like structures on their wings or legs, suggesting that the use of detached vortices for fligh
by kakarot 8y ago
> Never Before Seen in Nature
> Many insects harbour such filter-like structures on their wings or legs, suggesting that the use of detached vortices for flight or swimming might be relatively common
I sense a bit of disconnect between the article and the headline.
- taneq 8y agoAlso: > When some animals, aeroplanes or seeds fly, rings of circulating air called vortices form in contact with their wings or wing-like surfaces. > Researchers thought that an unattached vortex would be too unstable to persist in nature. I guess those animals and seeds aren't natural then?