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“Filmed in North America, England, Peru, Greenland, and Antartica, Flight probes the mysteries and mechanisms of a bird’s anatomy, instincts, and embryology to reveal stunning provisions essential for life in the skies. You’ll marvel at a hummingbird’s unique skeletal, muscular and metabolic systems – all vital to its spectacular aerial acrobatics …
“The endurance and navigational abilities of an Arctic tern as it travels from pole to pole during the longest migrations on the planet …
“The instinctive strategies that enable a flock of 300,000 European starlings to evade predators at break-neck speeds …
“The elaborate network of a million component parts that make a feather an aerodynamic masterpiece. And much more.
“The poet William Blake wrote that to see an eagle in the air is to observe ‘a portion of genius.’ In Flight the ingenuity of a bird’s behavior and biology showcase unmistakable evidence for design, purpose, and plan. It is evidence best explained by an intelligence that transcends the natural world.” [From the cover]
Illustra Media, DVD, 63 minutes
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