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There's also bats who have much more flight control than birds. Since they have a hand in their wing which is covered with skin and muscle, they have a large am
by bmitc 4y ago
There's also bats who have much more flight control than birds. Since they have a hand in their wing which is covered with skin and muscle, they have a large amount of additional control over birds. Here's a great video of a study.
https://youtu.be/BNNAxCuaYoc https://youtu.be/BNNAxCuaYoc
And there's kestrels hovering. I have also seen hawks do this.
https://youtu.be/7j6OsP7zL6w https://youtu.be/7j6OsP7zL6w
https://youtu.be/mDRcLAkRZ50 https://youtu.be/mDRcLAkRZ50
Edit: Now I've gotten on a YouTube binge and landed on New Zealand keas, which I didn't know about before. And damn are those birds intelligent.
- noman-land 4y agoCool videos, thanks for sharing.
- paranoidrobot 4y ago> Now I've gotten on a YouTube binge and landed on New Zealand keas, which I didn't know about before. And damn are those birds intelligent. They're also utterly fearless, to the point of being disturbing. I'd never had a wild bird come up and approach to less than arm-length, and not flinch or worry about what I was doing with my camera/tripod/etc. I backed up, repeatedly, and it just kept getting closer.
- someweirdperson 4y agoIt was just interested to find out what parts the tripod is made of.
- paranoidrobot 4y ago> what parts the tripod is made of ...and whether they taste any good. Yes, I'd heard all the stories about Kea destroying cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6vY0s83NLg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6vY0s83NLg
- leobabauta 4y agoDon’t leave us hanging. What were you doing with your tripod?
- paranoidrobot 4y agoUsing it to hold the camera. Extending/retracting the legs. Moving things around that make noise tends to scare off wildlife.
- kqr 4y agoIs it still hovering if you're "just" matching airspeed and wind speed so that your ground speed is zero?
- happymellon 4y agoI'm curious what would define hovering as if it is not "ground speed zero"?
- plasticchris 4y agoAir speed zero? Otherwise I’ve seen some Cessnas hover :)
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- jodrellblank 4y agoAre you "standing still" if you're sprinting at full pace, out of breath, heart pounding, but feet slipping on an icy slope so you have ground speed zero?
- simonjgreen 4y agoYes... That's exactly what it is?
- throw827474737 4y agoDebatable at least..
- wongarsu 4y agosaying something can hover usually implies that it can have a ground speed of 0 at an air speed of 0. If you leave out the air speed requirement then anything that can fly can hover
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- uwagar 4y agoi like how americans say annamull :)