When we think of parrots mimicking sounds, we usually picture a pet bird shouting “hello,” barking like a dog, or copying a microwave beep. However, wild parrots do something far more fascinating.

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Goggle-wearing parrots flying through lasers and aerosols have shown modern flight models on animals to be inaccurate, posing concerns for drone manufacturing. Science can often be arduous, with the ...

Scientists at Stanford University have trained a Parrotlet called Obi to wear some pretty rad goggles and fly through laser sheets in an effort to test models that predict the lift generated by flying ...

Parrotlets flying through a field of lasers and microparticles helped test three popular models that predict the lift generated by flying animals. The work could help develop better flying robots. The ...