Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site psivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Those amazing flightless bees Message-ID: <669@psivax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 15:08:40 EDT Article-I.D.: psivax.669 Posted: Wed Aug 21 15:08:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:36:55 EDT References: <1600@watdcsu.UUCP> <41500005@ur-univax.UUCP> <647@mit-vax.UUCP> Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA Lines: 25 Summary: In article <647@mit-vax.UUCP> csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) writes: > >A better question is: how do bumble-bees fly? (You know, the big fat ones!) >Last I heard, nobody could "scientifically" explain their aerodynamics. This >is living proof of "catastrophic" evolution! > Actually, this *has* been figured out. It seems that Bumblebees, and insects in general, fly on different principles than birds and airplanes.(Well, mostly - Hummingbirds come close to Bumblebees in flight dynamics). >The funny thing is, that a few years after that, some stupid evolutionist is >going to pick one up and say "these bugs died because they were too big to >fly." Just goes to show you... > Exactly! This is exactly my point. In fact Bumblebees are a good example of poor analysis producing absurd results. Why *couldn't* a 250 pound bird fly? After all many ton airplanes fly quite well, and they use much the same principles as most birds. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) {trwrb|allegra|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|aero!uscvax!akgua}!sdcrdcf!psivax!friesen or {ttdica|quad1|bellcore|scgvaxd}!psivax!friesen