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Bees Surf Their Own Waves
submitted 4 years ago by Vigte from youtube.com
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[–]Vigte[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (3 children)
I sense a new design of water-craft incoming.
If you're quick, you might be able to beat the big companies to it and make a mint.
This has been your free million dollar idea for the day.
[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (2 children)
That's interesting to watch bro. It's some of the worst surfing I've ever seen. This is a bee surfing on a paddle board.
It looked like the wings were actually drawing the water up and then moving the wings forward. Then pressing back on the wave to propel themselves forward. Like doing the butterfly stroke on the elevated water.
This is could be the same basic mechanics/principle behind bees actual flight. The actual mechanism that produces lift is still debated.
It's really cool to watch.
[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
Probably just a poorly worded comparison on CalTech's part.
The bottom of the wing is hydrophilic and the top is hydrophobic - just don't tell them they're doing the Butterfly stroke. ;)
[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
The bottom of the wing is hydrophilic and the top is hydrophobic
Is that true? Super cool!
You're probably right. Breast stroke probably failed the click bait test.
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