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FLYING INSECTS:

Marvelous life forms with perfect

wings that lived millions of years

ago refute evolution

The ability to fly has been mankind’s dream
for thousands of years, a goal toward which nume-
rous scientists and researchers have expen-
ded labor, time, money and occasionally,
their lives. Apart from a few very primiti-

ve experiments, it became possible to ma-
ke self-propelled flying vehicles only in the early years of the 20 century.
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Over the last 40 years, the scientific world has made it a priority to understand insects’ su-

perior flying performance. The delicate and flawless architecture in insects’ flight mechanisms
amaze researchers.
Some of these tiny creatures can hover suspended in the air, fly backwards, suddenly accele-
rate to more than 150 kilometers per hour (90 MPH) and engage in aerobatics far superior to even
the best-trained fighter pilot. Insects have highly advanced mechanisms for flight, including per-

fect wings, a light exoskeleton, organs which perfectly regulate and control balance, and advan-
ced warning systems that enable them to navigate and take off. Their bodies are covered by an
exoskeleton that fulfill a set of functional roles including moving their legs and wings.

Airplanes operate by using the flow of air over their wings and are propelled with the assis-
tance of combustion engines. Insects, on the other hand, have no such engines for takeoff, yet
merely beating their wings gives them a powerful lift. In order to take off, most insects have to
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beat their thin wings very fast— and during flight, an average of several hundred times per se-
cond. 26 Some insects beat their wings 600 times per second. Such rapid movement taking place

in so short a time is impossible to replicate technologically.

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