Flapping Before Flight (VIDEO)

American Museum of Natural History

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This x-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM) video shows Chukar partridges of a variety of ages as they flap their wings to help climb steep slopes -- a behavior scientists call wing-assisted incline running (WAIR).

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© Ashley Heers/Brown University XROMM Facility

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