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Published online 25 April 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070423-7
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Wings in a wind tunnel show secrets of flight
Study of swifts could improve airplane designs.
The average swift (Apus apus) travels 4.5 million kilometres in its lifetime — roughly the same as six round trips to the Moon.
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