Adapted to flying

[WD-40]

Flying, in its true sense, is the ability to move through the air under your own power and has evolved in different groups of animals. Flight is a very energy demanding method of locomotion compared to walking. Some species, such as the peregrine falcon, are extraordinarily well adapted to flying. Others, like the albatross, look like they shouldn't be airborne at all, but are in fact fantastically efficient flyers. In spite of their name, flying squirrels and flying lizards don't fly, but glide.

Did you know?
Birds, bats and pterosaurs all evolved flight separately, a classic example of convergent evolution.


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[Catherine]

There are some wonderful clips of birds flying on this site - BBC One - Earthflight, Europe, Common Cranes Fly Over Venice (Narrated by David Tennant)

If you are in the UK and can get the BBC iPlayer, you can watch complete episodes of 'Earthflight' on computer too! - BBC One - Earthflight

[Analoguesat]

The cranes in tonights Earthflight episode were amazing - hundreds of them being fed by villages who cared about the birds

[Catherine]

We're recording the repeat in a day or so as we were already recording two things at that time tonight (Glen's things probably!)

It's an amazing series!