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Here comes the ornithopters from "Dune".
1 posted on 05/13/2019 11:18:36 AM PDT by C19fan
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Here comes the ornithopters from "Dune".

Why? They crashed all the time.

2 posted on 05/13/2019 11:21:01 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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They have a power source problem they need to solve.


3 posted on 05/13/2019 11:26:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Actual hummingbird size, carrying a ricin payload....they could be formidable weapons.


4 posted on 05/13/2019 11:27:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Meh. Danny Dunn did a dragonfly in 1974...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Dunn,_Invisible_Boy


6 posted on 05/13/2019 12:18:43 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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Real hummingbirds reproduce and migrate. The fake birds can’t. So Nature wins this one.


7 posted on 05/13/2019 12:55:09 PM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that escapes scrutiny by hiding behind the facade of religion.)
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