Comment on [Thread] Mental Math

bitwolf@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• buttfarts@lemy.lol ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or tiny birds that can expertly navigate wind currents with an almond sized brain using real-time force feedback. The computational power at their disposal is very well optimized for what they do.

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  • PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hummingbirds are fucking incredible. They can literally hover, fly backwards, fly inverted, fly silently, or flap their wings loud enough to generate sound waves as a mating ritual. They’re like miniature f-18s dog fighting constantly.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And they can even do that in sync with thousands (and even millions) of other small birds.

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    • buttfarts@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Birb Borg Cloud

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plus they have hollow bones and weigh almost nothing

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