Why Icarus Can&#x27;t Fly

Why Icarus Can't Fly

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This film is a discovery of the secrets and wonders of how living things fly, from the flying styles and patterns of the oldest flyer in the world—the dragonfly—to arguably the most beautiful insect flyer: the butterfly. We look into the bumblebee myth; is it true that bees, technically, cannot fly? Of course, we mustn't forget our feathered friends, from the expert flyer of all time, the eagle; to the poor flyer, the chicken; and to the no-flyer, the kiwi. Although airplanes and helicopters have been modeled after birds' and insects' flight characteristics, the origin of flight remains a mystery to scientists and paleontologists worldwide. The film also features the amazing discovery of a four-winged dinosaur unearthed in Liaoning province in northeastern China. Did birds originally fly up from the ground or down from the trees?