Secrets of bird flight revealed

From the BBC:

A study published in the journal Nature suggests that the key to understanding the evolution of bird flight is the angle at which a bird flaps its wings.



The US team found that birds move their wings at the same narrow angle, whether they run, fly or glide.



They conclude that early birds may have begun to fly by simply learning to flutter their wings at the right angle.

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