Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/22/01 2:36 PM, Kyle Cassidy at cassidy@netaxs.com wrote: > fwiw, the "scientists prove bumble bees can't fly" thing is an urban > legend. (you can look it up on alt.folklore.urban) it has been proven that > bumblebees cannot _glide_. which they do not, in fact, do. my point was of course that scientists still do not totally understand the physics of insect flight although they are making headway. It involves all sorts of counter-intuitive stuff about breaking vortices off the wing. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205