Skydiving salamanders live in world's tallest trees

ScienceDaily
May 23, 2022, 3:55 pm176 pts
Researchers have documented in a vertical wind tunnel the amazing ability of one species of salamander -- which spends its entire life in the tops of redwoods -- to parachute, glide and maneuver in mid-air. Ground-dwellers, on the other hand, freak out during free-fall. The salamander's skydiving skills are…

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