A pelican landing on water. An ability acquired in millions of years of evolution.
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We all know for the first 100,000 years or so they just face planted. 🤦♂️
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Pelicans can glide along the crests of ocean waves without flapping, centimeters above the surface. This is called ‘wave-slope soaring,’ in which an organism in flight takes advantage of localized updrafts caused by traveling ocean surface gravity waves.
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