Posted on 05/24/2022 5:21:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
High up in the canopy of the California redwood forests, the wandering salamander lives, eats and soars. Scientists are marveling at the skydiving amphibians and their ability to effortlessly glide and pull off complex aerial maneuvers.
A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of California at Berkeley investigated Aneides vagrans' gliding skills using a wind tunnel to capture slow-motion footage of the amphibians in action. The wind tunnel simulated the conditions of falling through the air. The paper appeared in the journal Current Biology on Monday.
High up in the canopy of the California redwood forests, the wandering salamander lives, eats and soars. Scientists are marveling at the skydiving amphibians and their ability to effortlessly glide and pull off complex aerial maneuvers.
A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of California at Berkeley investigated Aneides vagrans' gliding skills using a wind tunnel to capture slow-motion footage of the amphibians in action. The wind tunnel simulated the conditions of falling through the air. The paper appeared in the journal Current Biology on Monday.
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FYI.
Salamander ping
LOL 15 seconds!
I will pile on!
I came here just to ping her.
I did not know she had taken up sky diving. :)
Stopped reading right there.
I had Marbled Salamander when I was a kid and a mudpuppy. Fed em worms and crickets.
Very cool. I really enjoy salamanders, snakes, frogs, toads, etc.
Thanks for posting. Need a nice break from all the other stuff………..
Okay, this tops the Flying Snakes, big time.
o.O
Pffft.
She doesn’t even like climbing up a small step stool, really.
;D
Let me be the first to say
“Na na na na, Batmander!”
I used to scoop Eastern Spotteds off the mountain before cars hit them and bring them home.
Kept them in a terrarium with really cool amphibian accessories.
Had a *huge* female once and two smaller males who were terrified of her.
When she was hungry, she barked...and the males would run and hide in their “cave” until her belly was full.
I called her Salzilla.
I wonder how many billions this cost the taxpayer?
bkmk
Cool.
My daughter and I would rescue tiny turtles off the road and keep them for one season and then set them free. We really enjoyed watching their funny habits.
I used to bring them home until I found out that if you take more than a few hundred feet from where you found them, they will spend the rest of their lives trying to get back to where they were.
Now I just carry them across the road in the direction they were heading.
I feel guilty for the ones I brought home as a kid.
:(
I really love the little things.
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