Gliding Animal Physics of Flight
Photo Left: A Colugo clinging to a tree. Colugo's glide by means of a patagium, or a large surface of stretcheable skin. Gliding occurs by leaping into the air and extending the patagia attached to their fore-arms and legs and steered by minor adjustments of arms and legs.
Wrist-winged Glider Species List
- Genus Petaurus
- Northern glider Petaurus abidi
- Yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis
- Biak gliderPetaurus biacensis
- Sugar gliderPetaurus breviceps
- Mahogany gliderPetaurus gracilis
- Squirrel gliderPetaurus norfolcensis
Web Resources
10 of the Largest Bird Wingspans
BBC - Earth News - Tiny Lizard Falls Like a Feather
Flying Snake Home Page
How do Flying Snakes Fly?
Colugos
BBC Nature - Colugos
ADV - Dermotera - Colugos
Wrist-winged Gliders
ADW - Yellow-bellied Glider
Bats
ADW - Bat Wings & Tails
Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
ADW - Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
10 of the Largest Bird Wingspans
BBC - Earth News - Tiny Lizard Falls Like a Feather
Flying Snake Home Page
How do Flying Snakes Fly?
Colugos
BBC Nature - Colugos
ADV - Dermotera - Colugos
Wrist-winged Gliders
ADW - Yellow-bellied Glider
Bats
ADW - Bat Wings & Tails
Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
ADW - Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Projects & Activities
National Geographic - Pterosaur Glide Experiment (Note: The content is from an Evolutionary point of view, but not intended to persuade the learner either for or against this worldview.)
National Geographic - Pterosaur Glide Experiment (Note: The content is from an Evolutionary point of view, but not intended to persuade the learner either for or against this worldview.)
Projects, Activities, & Resources Downloads
Bernoulli principle — how birds use air pressure to fly 101.pdf |
Wright brothers and Bernoulli Principle.pdf |
Bournoullis Principle Poster.pdf |
Various Animals Flight Videos
Mammalian Flight Videos