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Tiny sea snail 'swims like a bee'
US scientists observed the so-called sea butterfly - actually an aquatic snail - using high-speed video and flow-tracking systems.
The 3mm critter flaps its wing structures, which grow where a snail's foot would normally be, in a characteristic figure-of-eight pattern.
It also uses some of the vortex-making tricks that keep insects in the air.
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The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, was part of his PhD research while studying at Georgia Tech.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35586935
The 3mm critter flaps its wing structures, which grow where a snail's foot would normally be, in a characteristic figure-of-eight pattern.
It also uses some of the vortex-making tricks that keep insects in the air.
...
The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, was part of his PhD research while studying at Georgia Tech.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35586935
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