How do animals fly?

Audio 48:30

Cover of the book by Vincent Albouy and Jacques Blondel, "The flight in animals", published by Quae editions.

© Éditions Quae

By: Caroline Lachowsky

1 min

On the wings of birds but also dragonflies, flies or bats, even pterosaurs or flying squirrels, we wonder about the thousand and one ways of flying in animals.       

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Let's find ourselves on the wings of birds and in the flight of the bumblebee but also of butterflies, dragonflies or bats to wonder about the flight in animals.

History of unraveling (a little) the mystery of the hovering or backward flight of flybirds, the lightning bites of certain insects or the long international flights of birds, and even the flight of the first pterosaurs ... Since when to fly (this so old dream of mankind) appeared?

How has it evolved and perfected in every way imaginable, even inspiring us from planes, drones and other flying objects of the future? 

With

- Vincent Albouy

, entomologist. 

- Jacques Blondel

, biologist. 

For their book 

Le vol dans les Animaux

published by Quae editions. 

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