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Published: 2004-07-06 21:33:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 2630; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 418
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If the physics books say it is true then it must be!
All bumble bees grounded from now on!
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That's actually not true - bees fly using a method other than traditional fixed-wing flight, and so do not defy the laws of physics. The idea has always been that their wings are wrong for fixed-wing flight, but biologists (and their physicist friends) have debunked this particular silly fact.
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Haha aaaww, that's so cute! 
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and kangaroos should all be dead.
but bees and kangaroos don't understand physics, do they?
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i thought that they couldnt fly backwards....
and its not so much physics...but mathematics.
it should also be noted that mathematicaly speaking that not only should Bumblebees not be able to fly backwards, but nor should hummingbirds (and yet they both can). and helicopters should not be able to fly....and yet they do. odd how our mathematics are flawed eh?
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I know that hummingbirds can because they flap their wings in a figure of eight instead of up and down
But helicopters never cease to amaze me
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youre telling me
when i was in the Army, i spent time attached to an Avation unit....i would never grow tired of watching those things take off and do their thing. heck, even flying in a helicopter is an adventure inof itself...a whole lot different than an airplane
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hahaha, gotcha now, you bumblebeeeeee, eh, eh? HA! i told you, i TOLD YOUUUUU!!
sorry, i really enjoyed her expression.
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Yup, seems somebody forgot to mention this to them 
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I could actually refute this claim and bring some real facts into the discussion. But that picture is too funny to spoil.
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Never spoil the fun with TRUTH
I thank you for your restraint
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I just type "silly facts" into google
Thanks a lot
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lol, maybe that whole Looney Toons thing (with Wile E. Coyote) is true. Obviously bees can't read, so they wouldn't know the laws of physics. *starts thinking*
-Richard-
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awesome! i love this stuff!
related physics anomaly ; there is no known sufficent and accepted explanation for why helicopters can fly! ( to be precise ; why helicopters can fly at an altitude where their downward thrust no longer strikes a solid surface )
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aww, thats so cute
**Faved**
I like your gallery so Im gonna watch you!
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he's so furry! wonderful technique love to see these humble little bits that make me feel all warm and glowy
kudos
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i dont understand. if they cant actually fly, then..... umm..... how do they??? though i dont think i have ever actually seen a bumblebee b4. *confused*
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Nah - all the equations that the physicists use say they can't fly - we need a new physics law
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Of course, NOTHING that flies can violate the physical laws of flight...
How old's that book, eh?
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I'm not telling the bees that they're grounded - just that by the equations the boffins had worked out about flight the bee should not be able to fly
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and that is why our college has the bee as its symbol - when it was first started nobody thought it would be successful, now we're one of the best art schools in the US!
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Some ancient Greeks worshipped them!
Good for your college!
Many thanks!
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... and such a hard worker!
Thanks
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The cutest bumble bee I've ever seen! I love the suspicious expression!
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Actually it was according to bernoulli's priniciple (not physics), which despite being false is still taught in many textbooks as an explaination for aerodynamic lift.
Modern aerodynamic study has developed a more detail explaination of how different wing aerofoils work and create lift. Most insect wings use a forward "lip" to create severe over-wing turbulence, while the underside of the wing is flat and smooth. This creates a vacuum on the upper surface of the wing similar to the type of vacuum created on the upper surface of wings on aircraft travelling at supersonic speeds.
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Wow - that's agood explanation -thanks for taking the time!
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Just thought I'd point out that the standard physics equations pertaining to flight do not apply in the case of the bumblebee because it flaps its wings, unlike an aeroplane. Physics does account for the flight of the bumblebee provided that is wings move.
Good cartoon though!
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Thanks
I think I've seen bumble bees glide - straight line - straight down
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well... no, Google says it's not true.
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..and if Google syas it's true!
Thanks
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haha thats cool and that bee is cute....
real bees terrify me though
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I've got a soft spot for bees and wasps - I've only been stung once!
Thanks
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Naughty bees have been breaking physics rules. They've been flying around and stinging people.
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They're grounded from now on!
Thanks
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