Illustration: the Math behind Pelican Flight (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Illustration: the Math behind Pelican Flight

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A pelican says outlaid the formula that describes wave-slope soaring, as a tip to another pelican.

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David Baillot/University of California San Diego

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