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Early birds learned how to fly by... falling?

20-10-2014 7:16pm

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Adam Khor

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2799047/whoops-prehistoric-birds-learnt-fly-falling-trees-say-researchers-examining-high-speed-film-plummeting-chicks.html

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#2 21-10-2014 1:37am

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I think there are species of ducks that still do this.

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#3 25-10-2014 4:56am

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As Woody once said, "Thats not Flying, Its Falling with Style"

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#4 27-10-2014 10:29pm

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Barnacle geese do it as chicks (Thank you David Attenborough)

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#5 04-12-2014 9:31am

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So do wood ducks (although they drop from trees, not cliffs)

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#6 04-12-2014 10:25pm

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Adam Khor wrote: »

So do wood ducks (although they drop from trees, not cliffs)

It must still hurt a bit

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