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nick222226
896 days ago
Actually yeah, plenty of larger birds of prey hover high off the ground to look for moving targets. I have seen it myself.
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justinl33
895 days ago
But they’re probably high off the ground in a healthy flow of wind current right, as Newton’s third law would dictate. I could be wrong - mainly just nitpicking the way the demo video relentlessly mentions that the bird can hover
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wood_spirit
895 days ago
Kestrels can hover in a perfect calm
https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2011/sep/09/weatherwatch-ke...
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