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5Cats Male, 40-49, Canada 16878 Posts	Friday, July 20, 2012 6:47:33 AM @Angilion: The joke? I was making one! I'm just saying that Mother Nature is more amazing than "science" gives her credit for. At the time the "flexable wings" of various insects wasn`t known. Flex-wings VASTLY improve the lifting power of bug wings, so YES (obviously) bumblebees CAN fly, we just didn`t know EXACTLY how for a while.

Angilion Male, 40-49, Europe 9533 Posts	Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:22:48 PM It is physically impossible for bumblebees to fly. No, it isn't. The claim that science shows that bumblebees aren`t able to fly is a combination of lack of understanding, urban myth and people trying to undermine science for religious reasons. It stems from applying equations regarding the flight of aeroplanes to bees. An aeroplane-sized bee moving as slowly as a bee wouldn`t be able to fly, which only proves that bees don`t fly in the same way as aeroplanes. Hardly a surprise.

keith2 Male, 18-29, Midwest US 2316 Posts	Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:46:37 PM The better to protect you from comets, my dear.

5Cats Male, 40-49, Canada 16878 Posts	Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:22 PM It is physically impossible for bumblebees to fly. Just sayin: nature is way cooler than we imagine. ALBATROS!

Gerry1of1 Male, 50-59, Western US 25543 Posts	Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:06:12 AM pterodactyls didnt fly, they glided Katsufumi Sato, a Japanese scientist, did calculations using modern birds and decided that it is impossible for a pterosaur to stay aloft. But in the book 'Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs` it is theorized that they were able to fly due to the oxygen-rich, dense atmosphere. Denser than what we have today. However, both Katsufumi and the authors of the above book based their research on the now outdated theories of pterosaurs being seabird-like, and the size limit doesn`t apply to terrestrial pterosaurs. So, pterodactyls did so fly! Mostly I base this on my desire to believe they did :) Just like in the Flintstones.

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