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Estrella Starr

Did you know bees can't really fly, and the only reason they do is because they don't know they can't?

Posted - August 2, 2023
Tag : insects

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    They sure had me fooled. 
      August 3, 2023 4:15 AM MDT
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    LOL!

    The myth came from some university student or researcher who'd applied fixed-wing aircraft flight equations to insects. It was only the development of better high-speed macro photography that led to finding how bees do fly, and to fly very well!
      September 17, 2023 3:11 PM MDT
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