tion. Instead of falling rapidly to the I have dwelt at some length upon the phalanger’s impetus is exhausted, the fish is quite unable to sus- ground as a stone would do, it soars upward to a con- tain itself in the air by muscular effort. mode of progress in the air because its principle ex-… … A Gnat’s Wing Area is Proportionately The Flying Fish Leaps From the Water and Eleven Times That of the Swallow. Skims Through the Air. Squirrel. the feet of the thrower. It is, in fact, a simple form able of all the creatures possessing the power of true Besides the phalangers, there are the…
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