Alaskan Alcids: Efficiently Designed for Air and Water

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Recent research on the flying behavior of Alaskan alcids shows how Earth has two kinds of fluid-filled “oceans”, the liquid ocean of sea-water and the gaseous “ocean” of air.1-3 (Alcids are auk-like birds, such as murres, guillemots, and puffins.)

The study reveals that these birds, from the Alcidae family which includes puffins, murres and their relatives, produ… More…

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Source: icr.org

    

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