Re: Glider questions

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>]

At 10:12 AM 9/29/99 -0700, Ralph W. Miller III wrote:
>dbensen wrote:
>
>> Really?  I'd never heard of that nymph theory.  Can anyone out there shed 
>some
>> light on this?
>
>Jim Marden and Melissa Kramer describe surface-skimming in newly hatched
>stoneflies as a locomotory transition between swimming and flying, 
>accomplished by
>resting the feet on the meniscus of the water and vigorous wing flapping.  

Yep, that's the one I remember.

For various reasons I consider this model at least as likely as the
"thermal radiator" model.

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