Faster than Fighter Jets
Posted: 10 Jun 2009, 08:44
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8091944.stm
'In the latter stages of their dives, when they spread their wings to pull up, the hummingbirds' "instantaneous acceleration" was, said Mr Clark, "greater than any organism previously recorded undergoing aerial manoeuvres".'
'In the latter stages of their dives, when they spread their wings to pull up, the hummingbirds' "instantaneous acceleration" was, said Mr Clark, "greater than any organism previously recorded undergoing aerial manoeuvres".'