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That was the question of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. His answer was that less evolved birds just did it to chase food and compete with each other. But he started realizing that flying was an end in itself, for pure joy. Eat to fly, so to speak, rather than fly to eat.
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could it be that wind really loves birds and is constantly blowing them around?
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mary poppins... , peter pan,
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http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/fltmidfly.htm
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http://www.hawkquest.org/TA/XL/AirPress.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_principle#Real_world_application
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| December 23, 2008 05:48 PM |
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December 21, 2008 12:58 PM
laughing... I love to laugh... and when I do I fly right up.... or fairy dust...that might be easier, and less painfull when a bird stops laughing... could it be that wind really loves birds and is constantly blowing them around?
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December 21, 2008 01:08 PM
Put it this way. Just like a plane, the birds wings are curve shaped. Kinda like this (| except rotated 90 degrees. The air that travels over the top of the wing travels faster than the air that travels beneath the wing and the pressure that is created beneath the wing is greater than the pressure above the wing, creating lift! Here is a website where you can find an illustration of what I just described.
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December 21, 2008 03:09 PM
Two words: Bernoulli's Principle.
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http://www.hawkquest.org/TA/XL/AirPress.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_principle#Real_world_application
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