How Bird Wings Work (Compared to Airplane Wings) - Smarter Every Day 62

I hope you never look at a bird in flight the same way again. I know I won't!

Artist Info:

Gordon, the guy in charge of "Scary Parrot Monsters" at the end of the video wrote this song. It's called "Black Rhino"... and is available for download online:

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Things I use and like:

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How to get there yourself!:
I coordinated the travel with Rainforest Expeditions
Tell them Destin sent you.
They ran me up and down the river in a boat, gave me lenses, a clean bed, awesome food etc. It was pretty amazing!
See the research project's website here:

The project is led by Dr. Don Brightsmith
Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

Jeff Cremer was my hook-up for all things photography once I got on site. He's very good at technical photography and is more than capable of handling anything you can throw at him. Check out his chops and tell him Destin sent you:
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SMARTER EVERY DAY - DEEP DIVE #2

How Bird Wings Work - Smarter Every Day

How Wings Work -- A reference for creature props

How do you clip a wing?

how to clip your birds wings (with call ducks)

Why clip feathers? An Interview of Kelly

Changing feathers while still being able to fly?

Don't bail out! Keep going!

Biomimicking a Bird?

A robot that flies like a bird

Huge variety of feather shapes all from the same bird

Feather Structure

You Completed Deep Dive #2 !!

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Instead of saving for my kids' college, I make videos using the money I would have saved.
The thought is it will help educate the world as a whole, and one day generate enough revenue to pay for their education. Until then if you appreciate what you've learned in this video and the effort that went in to it, please share the video. If you REALLY liked it, feel free to pitch a few dollars towards their college fund by clicking here:

Warm Regards,

Destin

[popalupa]

"Look at this bird"
*Takes out a live bird*

[furthings]

Did anybody else just lose it when he simply said “Now look at this bird” and whipped out a regular bird like it was a normal thing? I love this video

[jaredjones]

This dude just pulled a bird out of nowhere

[noahpafford]

"Look at this bird"
*pulls out bird from pocket and pretends it isn't weird*
Only on smarter every day

[jessicamoore]

"look how fast it happens"
*throws bird*

[caramel]

What a precious bird, it's amazing how calm the bird is.

[rsedajr]

Guy: " look at this bird"
Takes out live bird*

Bird: 🔪put me down...

[dawson]

“Look how fast this happens”
*throws bird*
😂

[joaoextrela]

this guy has such a charismatic face, idk, I just love him for no reason

[smartereveryday]

It makes me happy when a subscriber subscribes because of a video that I, myself really really enjoyed making, even though it's not made to appeal to the rest of the internet.

[icalnafi]

The bird be like
"What are you doing hooman?! Ah stop touching my flying limb!!! Did you just throw me away?! RUDE!"

[minnesotajack]

I want to know what else he could just pick up and show on camera.

“Look at this Koala Bear...”

[smartereveryday]

Remain a loyal subscriber and I will explain this. In Peru we took the LC320S out on a boat to a special log that our guide, Gerson knew about. When we got to the log, there were dozens of bats. We focused the camera, then tapped the log, resulting in all the bats flying off all at once. The exact reason we spent the morning doing this was to compare bat flight to bird flight.

[vyper]

I love that you're always so excited to teach. If you're aren't a teacher you should strongly consider it.

[hmmthinking]

Amazing stuff. And I bet this is only touching on the engineering involved. What about feather shape, variance in length, material, bone structure, body shape/s etc etc. The design is just mind blowing, , , and beautiful.

[xan]

Oh god I looked up this video because I need to animate a bird for an animation and now I'm even more confused oh geez

[smartereveryday]

I'm from Alabama. Check out a few more of the videos if you enjoy thinking and learning like this. Sometimes I do stuff just for fun or because it's amazing, but often I do stuff like this that makes us think.

[drevolan]

I envy your kids, for having such an interesting and smart father.

I enjoyed this video, keep up the good work.

[CietherStrike]

You absolutely deserve it. I've barely commented on the videos I've watched of yours because the creators of the channels almost never seem to respond to most comments. I definitely felt you were different. Something about your videos is so engaging. You have a way about you that makes everything you say interesting. I think it's your enthusiasm for the subject. You still have... humility. That space poop video? You COMPLETELY tied it to together- not even a question. I think you've got a gift.

[smartereveryday]

I do have one of the best jobs ever, but I save up lots of vacation and plan all these trips to coincide with one another. Tons of planning goes into this stuff. Most of the time I'm losing money.