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Wind Tunnel for Birds

bgood writes "'What, a swallow, carrying a coconut? ...' The Department of Animal Ecology at the University of Lund in Sweden uses a modern low-speed wind tunnel specially crafted for bird experiments. The birds are trained to fly in the 'test-section' and the tunnel can be tilted up or down to simulate ascent and descent. This link contains plenty of detail, complete with bird pictures. For those of you who yearn to build your own (non-bird-compliant) wind tunnel, you can find instructions in this Scientific American article."

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  1. 2nd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    we want more Heather

  2. great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm going to vomit before I go to bed now.
    Thank you Slashdot!

  3. Monty Python by headkase · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What, a swallow, carrying a coconut?
    Now as long as we don't run into the Knights that say Ni.

    --
    Shh.
  4. Re:Eagles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Kill all white people!

    You're either with us or against us.

  5. Re:Eagles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    w/o us whities, who would pay your salary?

  6. Re:Hehe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn thats funny. Whoopsie though? Are we a chocolate snuffler by any chance?

  7. Bird exercise by hackshack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A bird treadmill! I love it!

  8. OT - Chelsea Clinton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Interesting story over at CCN. Seems that the young Ms. Clinton is over in the UK at Oxford University. Shes having a bit of a hard time with anti-american feeling, and only wants to be around yanks.

    The final bit:

    >Chelsea Clinton is studying for a Masters degree in international relations.

    made me piss myself. As a side note, I hate the yanks, I much prefer a long, slow wank.

  9. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now I can finally test my penis in a wind tunnel and find out how to maximize its fucking potential.

  10. Re:Eagles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There will be no need for money.

  11. Re:My Itchy but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >I've got a large amount of itching powder rammed up my ass, causing inflamation, swelling and discomfort.
    > Can anyone recommend a good cream or soothing balm?
    Well, you'll get modded -1, Offtopic for this, but since its obviously causing you so much pain:

    Try canesten combi or Anusol.
    I prefer the second one, because the names funnier.

    Happy rubbing!

  12. Bird research / deformable flying surfaces by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A man goes to visit his doctor,

    "Doc, I've got a rather embarassing problem, my farts just don't sound right,"

    "Well how do they sound?" enquires the doctor.

    "They make a HONDA sound"

    The doctor looks puzzled, "Hmm, is there anything else I should know?"

    "Well I also have a terrible boil on my arse," replies the man

    The doctor looks pleased, "Thats it then. We'll lance that boil and you'll see a difference immediately,"

    "Why's that then, Doc?" asks the man

    "It's well known," laughs the Doctor, "Abscess makes the fart go Honda."

  13. Re:Compliance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who needs Compliance?

    It's all in the Start Menu for me..

    Fuck the /dev/linuxisdying shit!

  14. A message for all you geeks and all you ass homos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was wonder what was the best way to drive up your guy's asses? If you'd tell me I'd really appreciate it.

    I mean whats the deal here, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of geeks here talking about birds and windtunnels. Could it really get more pathetic. I hope you all choke on a fucking bottlecap or get hit by a fucking bus on your way home from where ever it is your geeks work. That is if you geeks have ever even seen the outside of your house since you were drove home from the hospital when you were born. Unless your mother was a whore and you were born in the toilet of a lesbian bar somewhere in Kentucky.

    Thanks people, its great that I have a way to express myself.

  15. Re:Imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NOT SIDEWAYS!!!! anyway but SIDEwaYS!!!

  16. Re:My Itchy but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    get gold bond, its not just for creepy old people anymore!

  17. Re:007 Bird Agent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dont forget to erase the space in the middle of the url and any at the end. sorry, i dont know how to make a clickable link. anyway, the article is about how cats were used by the cia during the cold war to spy on the russians.

  18. Re:horrible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    get an umbrella. check out

    http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/glance-browse/Y01 Y2589586Y8696681/ix=fixed-price&rank=%2Ditm&fqp=or g-unit-id%014%02site-org-unit-id%014%02status%01op en%02title%01umbrella&sz=50&pg=1/4/1591/qid=100547 9051/ZS=1-4/107-1668908-4165349

    but without any spaces in the middle or end