The albatross gives up the secrets of its effortless long flight

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For those who study the science of aerodynamics the albatross has long been a, well, albatross around the neck. This is a seabird that can fly 10,000 miles in one journey, effortlessly traversing the stormiest of seas with barely a flap — and no one has been sure how it does it.

 

Quite incredible

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509211/Mystery-wandering-albatross-travels-10-000-miles-single-journey-WITHOUT-flapping-wings-solved.html