Wings | SciShow Tangents Podcast

It's just about Thanksgiving here in the US; a special time during which we count our blessings. And this year, Tangents is giving you an extra thing to be thankful for: Stefan's our special guest!

Our long lost co-host returns to talk to us about wings: birds love to use 'em, people love to eat 'em, and planes need them too, I guess. Sit around the table with us, won't you, as we pass out some heaping helpings of science knowledge. Pass the gravy!

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[Trivia Question]

Number of bird wings in the Burke Museum
https://www.burkemuseum.org/collectio...
https://www.audubon.org/news/behind-s...
https://www.burkemuseum.org/collectio...

[Fact Off]

Club-winged manakins use wing feathers to chirp/sing
Video & audio:    • Club-Winged Manakin Dance  
Audio-only clips: https://ebird.org/species/clwman1
Picture of feathers: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005...
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/si...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...


[Ask the Science Couch]

Planes flying upside down
https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/beginners-g...
https://www.popsci.com/flying-upside-...
https://www.flyingmag.com/why-can-air...
https://howthingsfly.si.edu/ask-an-ex...


[Butt One More Thing]

Airplane and wing butt lines
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/...
https://www.aircraftsystemstech.com/p...
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/qu...
http://www.techdrawingtools.com/24/l2...