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Researchers have built and flown a replica of a swallowtail butterfly netbet live casinoto see exactly how this puzzlingly big-winged, slow-flapping insect soars.
The results could inspire the design of future aircraft based on the swallowtail's distinctive mode of flying.
Swallowtails have giant wings relative to the size and weight of their bodies. These unique netbet live casinobutterflies' front wings also partially overlap their back wings, restricting the freedom of motion as well as the frequency of their wings when flapping.
In a trait they do share with other butterflies, swallowtails also lack stabilizing tail wings like those found on airplanes. netbet casino appThese fins would serve to dampen the up-and-down motion of the butterflies' fuselage-esque body in flight as each pump of their wings gives them a boost (picture how a butterfly bobs over a sunny meadow).
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