Birds ‘flap run’ instead if flying over obstacles to save energy

Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Why don’t you ever see baby pigeons? For the same reason you don’t see many chicks: they can’t fly. It can take months for their partially developed wings and flight muscles to...

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