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How does a bird use it's wings to fly?

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L. Agate

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Answered Jan 05, 2021

The way birds fly high and comfortable is amazing. Birds use their robust muscle, which is their breast, to flap their wings, which enables them to fly. The birds use their wings to lift and thrust during the down stroke; this allows easy and flexible movement.

The plane wings are like that of the birds’ wings, just like the plane wings don’t flap. For a bird to move at different angles, it has to understand the wind.

Birds have different ways they fly. Some small birds’ use their wings and tail to fly; some birds, like the hawk, uses their large wingspan to enable them to increase speed and soar.

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N. Reyes

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N. Reyes, Writer, B.ed, California

Answered Jan 03, 2021

One of the standout features of birds is their ability to fly. The part of their body that gives them this ability is their breast muscles. These muscles are robust, and it allows them to flap their wings. It also allows them to move through the air, giving them the ability to fly.

Similar to the movements required to swim, birds use these movements to lift off for flight. Some birds are able to use their legs that are very strong to help them lift-off for flight. They do so by helping give them the initial liftoff, which helps them launch in the air. Liftoff is the most important part of flying for birds.

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R. Jones

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R. Jones, Student, Postgraduate, Calgary

Answered Dec 23, 2020

Birds use their robust breast muscles to flap their wings and give them thrust to move all through the air and fly. In a way, birds use a swimming movement to procure the lift required to fly. Plane wings possess a similar shape as bird wings, but as an alternative of flapping their wings, they use engines to thrust them into the air and generate the lift to fly. The shape of the wing and the capability to glide through the air are two things necessary for a bird to fly.

Some birds use their strong legs to assist their flight by providing the initial thrust to produce to get up in the air. For countless birds, this is from a first hurdle as the bird jumps into flight. Many waterfowl use their powerful legs and webbed feet to develop speed across the top of the water as they set off into flight. The entire wingspan must be at the correct angle for a bird to fly successfully.

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F. Daniel

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F. Daniel, Content Optimization Executive, Diploma in Journalism, California

Answered Dec 22, 2020

A lot of people have always been fascinated with how birds were able to fly. The wings of the bird play a huge part in this. The wings will lift and thrust during the downstroke. This will allow the air to move downwards which can help push the bird to stay up and fly upwards.

The bird should know how to do different angles so that it will be able to move according to how the wind would make it do so. The more that the bird is able to do this, the better the bird would be able to fly without too much resistance from the air. Take note that the breast muscles of the birds will also be effective in helping birds fly properly.

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