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#gliding

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llewelly

newest episode of herphighlights is on "skydiving" salamanders ; Brown et al 2022 tests the ability of 3 tree-dwelling Aneides salamanders to guide their falls in an aerodynamic manner.

herphighlights.podbean.com/e/2

#herps
#salamander
#gliding
#parachuting
#fallingInStyle
#falling
#aboreal
#redwood

herphighlights.podbean.com223 Sky-diving Salamanders | Herpetological HighlightsSome tree-dwelling salamanders have a remarkable ability to ‘sky-dive’, controlling their descent after leaping away from predators. New research tests the gliding ability of a number of different species, and finds that some are more adept than others. We follow up with a brand new frog species described from Kangaroo Island, Australia.  Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herphighlights Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/herphighlights/shop Full reference list available here: http://www.herphighlights.podbean.com Main Paper References: Brown CE, Sathe EA, Dudley R, Deban SM. 2022. Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient. Journal of Experimental Biology 225:jeb244598. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244598. Species of the Bi-Week: Parkin T, Rowley JJL, Elliott-Tate J, Mahony MJ, Sumner J, Melville J, Donnellan SC. 2024. Systematic assessment of the brown tree frog (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria ewingii) reveals two endemic species in South Australia. Zootaxa 5406:1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.1. Other Mentioned Papers/Studies: Brown, C. E., Goldenberg, W. P., Hinds, O. M., O'Donnell, M. K., & Staub, N. L. (2025). Vascular and Osteological Morphology of Expanded Digit Tips Suggests Specialization in the Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans). Journal of Morphology, 286(1), e70026. Other Links/Mentions: Sounds of Northern Pacific Treefrog - Pseudacris regilla. Available at https://californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/p.regilla.sounds.html (accessed February 18, 2025). Editing and Music: Intro/outro – Treehouse by Ed Nelson Species Bi-week theme – Michael Timothy Other Music – The Passion HiFi, https://www.thepassionhifi.com Intro visuals – Paul Snelling
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tobadzistsini

Atop a hill, Kevin watched Asaph lumber about and browse sorghum.
Lurking behind Asaph was a dromeasaur. Red feathered legs but a dark upper half. It stopped when it felt Kevin's scrutiny and ran towards him.
Kevin's heart froze.
It was a dromeaTAUR.
Half 'raptor.
Half human.
Half Joey.
Except he had yellow hunters eyes.
#Gliding from the sky, Foggy thumped onto Kevin's chest over his heart.
"Wake up!" Foggy squeaked.
Kevin gasped.
The dark room was quiet.
Kevin counted his breaths.
#wss366

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Mike

While I was out at Western Park in #leicester a couple of hours ago a 'plane' flew over which looked like a glider but had the engine sound of a light aircraft.
<Edited> A!though we were wondering if it might have been a commercial or military drone it now seems as though it was a powered glider <\>
It was too high to see any markings, but not as high as, say, a helicopter might have been.

Mystery solved

#drones#glider#gliding
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Raymond Francis

And the finale: This wasn’t the last thing I did in New Zealand, but it was probably the most spectacular. A 3 hour, 41-minute flight in a high-performance glider from Omarama. We travelled some 250 km, reached our airspace limit at just shy of 18,000 feet, and had near-perfect mountain wave conditions.

It was the stuff of fantasies - particularly those of the aspiring pilot I was in my teens.

Aerial view of a broad green valley, with rows of mountain ranges and dramatic clouds
A glacier cuts its way between snow-covered mountains
Mountains and alpine lakes below the wing of a glider
A smiling man in hat and sunglasses wears an oxygen cannula in the cockpit of a glider
#aviation#gliding#flying
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