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How hummingbirds control forward flight
Hummingbirds are among nature’s most agile fliers. They can travel faster than 50 kilometres per hour and stop on a dime to navigate through dense vegetation.
Now researchers have discovered that the tiny birds process visual information differently from other animals, perhaps to handle the demands of their extreme aerial acrobatics.
Roslyn Dakin, Tyee K. Fellows, and Douglas L. Altshuler. Visual guidance of forward flight in hummingbirds reveals control based on image features instead of pattern velocity. PNAS, 2016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603221113
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How hummingbirds control forward flight
Hummingbirds are among nature’s most agile fliers. They can travel faster than 50 kilometres per hour and stop on a dime to navigate through dense vegetation.
Now researchers have discovered that the tiny birds process visual information differently from other animals, perhaps to handle the demands of their extreme aerial acrobatics.
Roslyn Dakin, Tyee K. Fellows, and Douglas L. Altshuler. Visual guidance of forward flight in hummingbirds reveals control based on image features instead of pattern velocity. PNAS, 2016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603221113
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