Scientists studied 7 different kinds of winged animals - bugs to birds - and found they all used "flapping counter-torque" to turn. When a bird or bug turns right, its left wing moves faster on the downstroke while the right is faster on the upstroke, slowing the animal’s rotation. Whatever their size, animals with a similar wingspan to body length ratio need the same number of flaps to finish a turn.
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