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Video: How insects become airborne, slowed down to a speed the human eye can appreciate
This short video from the Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Research Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University is a dazzlingly wild ride. Guided by the biologist Adrian Smith, who heads the lab, the film captures a series of 11 different winged insects – including a praying mantis, beetles and weevils – as they propel into flight at a riveting 3,200 frames per second, and are slowed down roughly 200 times for your viewing pleasure.
Video by Ant Lab
Text by Aeon
Running time: 8 minutes
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What beauty & mystery!
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Yes! I love this film!
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Wow. The world is full of marvels.
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Yes it is! Michael Simms https://www.michaelsimms.info
Author of Nightjar Author of American Ash Founder of Autumn House Press Editor of Vox Populi
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Fantastic viewing. Thanks for posting. I showed it to a bunch of small children in our back yard today. They were amazed.
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Thanks, Mel. I find this film to be a marvel.
M.
Michael Simms https://www.michaelsimms.info
Author of Nightjar Author of American Ash Founder of Autumn House Press Editor of Vox Populi
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