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Bat and unassisted flight
Imagine flapping your arms and flying. Could we do that based on how the bat does it? Leonardo Da Vinci was fascinated by the flight of bird and bats and used to sketch ideas in notebooks for a flying machine called the Ornithopter.
With Patrick Aryee.
Catch-up with our animations here: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
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Imagine flapping your arms and flying. Could we do that based on how the bat does it? Leonardo Da Vinci was fascinated by the flight of bird and bats and used to sketch ideas in notebooks for a flying machine called the Ornithopter.
With Patrick Aryee.
Catch-up with our animations here: www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
#30Animals
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