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- 1. Strange events Chapter 18 record holders Flying aces Bumblebee Bumble bee Nest with honey pots Pahazzard - Wc - cc Phelyan Sanjoin- Flickr-Wc – cc We are Robust larger hairy fuzzy and not slender like honey bees sip nectar by long tongues ,eat and collect pollens in our baskets from flowers we can identify even by their electric fields; as we are good at Buzz pollination we are also liked by flowers we store nectar in wax pots made by us & kept in nests unlike others but what we are famous for is our flying style and ability to fly fast for we can beat our wings up to 200 times /second and cover up to 15mtr / second i e cross a football field in less than 10 seconds ! vibrating flight muscles like plucked rubber bands twisting turning flexiblewings ,moving them back and forth creating vortices like little hurricanes in a unique way, fly away .
- 2. Strange events record holders flying fish Flying fish John Cobb - Unsplash nwf.org Oh!what a feat ! Taking off @ 56 Km / hr attaining up to 70 km / hr reach height up to 6 mtrs from sea surface gliding up to 200 mtrs Wallace’s flying frog Green tree frog Rushenb – Wc – cc J.G.Pretre- Wc- Publicdomain With webbed fingers and toes these tree frogsare experts in leaping from tree to tree and parachuting from great heights.
- 3. Strange events record holders Red giant flying squirrel Gliding squirrel Dr R.K.Das - Conservation india.org Angie spuc – Wc – cc Gliding from tree to tree with their outstretched patagia seeing with their large adorable eyes clearly at night navigating by arms, tail and a cartilaginous spur on the wrist perform a feat in covering at one go100 m or a football field ! surprise us by their soft silky fur glowing pink under UV light .
- 4. Strange events record holders Golden Flying snake Akash M Deshmukh – Wc – cc Conrad Baetsle – Wc - cc Without wings fins arms or patagia glide easily from tree to tree Chrysopelea* better than flying squirrels and other gliders ! by folding body variously and serpentine motions forming C shape,- flattening abdomen & lateral undulation creating a spinning disc like lifting effectand undulating motion glide smoothly - covering up to 100 meters without hesitation. *flying snakes
- 5. Strange events record holders Flying Lizard - Draco A.S.Kono – Wc – cc They are called flying dragons , but are really lizards that glide from tree to tree in dense tropical jungles with the help of wing like patagia , steering with tails stabilizing with gular flag - their throat flap used also for display as well to lure females They resort to gliding generally to escape from predators covering up to 60 m distance and reaching up to 10 m in height which is really a feat considering these ‘ dragons ’! are only 7-8 inches long tiny little creatures.!
- 6. Strange events record holders Sugar Glider - flying opossum J. C Boone – Wc – cc A Meyrin,J hornung-Wc – cc We are little flying marsupials, gliding from tree to tree nocturnal mammals ,carrying tiny babies in our pouch, with glee we fly by our patagia stretching from fore arms to feet steering by our furry tail, flying up to 50 *meters in one leap. [ *Yellow bellied up to 140 meters! that is even across a football field !]
- 7. Strange Events Record holders Swans Bowenpan – Wc – cc Pure white , with a sense of seasons and migrations a beautiful creation of Nature ,favourite of goddesses inspiring ideas in art and science , literature and religion living lovingly lifelong flying distant destinations flying up to 100- 139 Km / hr for 8 hours a day reaching up to 27000 ft above sea level during migrations to thousands of kilometers apart destinations.
- 8. Strange events record holders Migratory birds Sandpipers – the accomplished fliers Red knot Large flocks roosting Chuck Homler – Wc – cc Boghumper – Wc – cc These tiny but extraordinary birds on their epic journey migrating from one end of the world to another- yearly on a marathon flight from North Americas’s northern shores to the south Americas southern tip at Terra del fugos shores and back - an annual trip of 19000 miles, are an enigma indeed flying fast even up to 6-8 days at a stretch ,whenever required; And those born a few days ago flying away for the first time along an unknown route to an unknown destination - Oh ! How!.