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Skydiving Salamander (8/29/22)

Wow in the World

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Falling With Grace

Scientists from the University of South Florida were interested in learning how these salamanders dropped from branch to branch. So, they went out and caught a few of them before trying to replicate those drops in the lab. But I'm guessing they didn't have 300 foot redwoods in their labs? So instead, they built a wind tunnel. Let's head over to the wind tunnel for a demonstration.

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