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Leading avia-
tion firms
have pro-
duced flight
systems in
imitation of
dragonflies'
flight systems
with their a
superb com-
plexity.

the impression that it's
covered in chain mail.

Its two pairs of wings are
located diagonally on top of its tho-
rax, whose colors of which range from ice blue to burgundy. Thanks
to this wing structure, the dragonfly has considerable maneuvera-
bility. No matter what its speed and direction of flight, it can sud-
denly halt and reverse course, or else hover in the air, waiting for an
appropriate moment to attack its prey. It can also approach its prey
by making a convoluted, curving approach. It can quickly reach a
speed of 40 kilometers (24,85 miles) an hour— quite astonishing for HARUN YAHYA

an insect—at which rate it seizes its prey. 117 The shock of the impact
is very strong, but the dragonfly's exo-armor is both very strong
and very flexible. Its flexibility absorbs the shock of the impact,
even though the same cannot be said for its prey, which is either (ADNAN OKTAR)
stunned or killed.

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