@TR_Astro_ I was referring to seabirds gliding—in air—just a few centimetres above the surface of a sloping wave, such as the brown pelican is doing here. Image taken from: Stokes, I.A., Lucas, A.J. Wave-slope soaring of the brown pelican. Mov Ecol 9, 13 (
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@jmlilly And then there's this fun paper about the fluid mechanics of Pelican gliding from some folks in my group: https://t.co/LY44na8XZF
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@Naturalezaymas_ Ground effect flight? https://t.co/AgkqQVKNNS
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There's a journal called "movement ecology"🤯 The Math Behind How Pelicans Surf the Waves https://t.co/ktiaWsYLmU https://t.co/nVDdfTJ0l9