Flapping frequency of birds, insects, bats and whales predicted with just body mass and wing area

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Jun 5, 2024, 2:00 pm199 pts
A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of wingbeats and fin strokes made by birds, insects, bats and whales, despite their different body sizes and wing shapes, Jens Højgaard Jensen and colleagues from Roskilde University in Denmark report in a new study published in PLOS ONE on June…

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