Detailed computer simulations
reveal why falcons dive at their prey using the same steering laws as
human-made missiles
Date: April 12, 2018
Source: PLOS
Computer simulations of peregrine
falcon attacks show that the extreme speeds reached during dives from high
altitudes enhance the raptors' ability to execute maneuvers needed to nab agile
prey that would otherwise escape. Robin Mills and colleagues of the University
of Groningen, Netherlands, and Oxford University, UK, report this discovery
in PLOS Computational Biology.
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