Apr 09, 2010 at 8:46 pm.
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Caption: High-speed cameras plus computer models show that fruit flies “swim” through the air like rowboats.
Credit: Attila Bergou/Physical Review Letters 2010
Found in “Fruit flies turn on autopilot” online at: sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/58108/title/Fruit_flies_turn_on_autopilot
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Apr 07, 2010 at 8:45 pm.
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Pigeons flocks have followers and leaders, reveals an analysis of data recorded by GPS devices in the birds’ backpacks. While the flock member designated as red isn’t the fastest bird, his movements guide the flock on a homing flight.
Credit: M. Nagy, Zsuzsa Ákos, D. Bíró & T. Vicsek
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Apr 06, 2010 at 12:30 am.
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An elephant runs across a mechanical platform in Thailand that measure the force of its steps while a video captures its motion by tracking reflective discs stuck to its body.
Credit: J. Hutchinson
Found in “Elephant legs bend like ‘big human limb’” online at: sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57764/title/Elephant_legs_bend_like_%E2%80%98big_human_limb%E2%80%99
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Apr 02, 2010 at 6:30 am.
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In a sped-up video of tortoise tests in a lab, animals with no coaching fail to get a treat on the other side of wire fence. When researchers let the trained tortoise Wilhelmina demonstrate, an observer tortoise manages readily.
Credit: Anna Wilkinson
Found in “Tortoise see, tortoise do” online at:
sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57795/title/Tortoise_see,_tortoise_do
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