Feather Shape, Chemistry Keep Diving Birds Dry
Feathers have long been recognized as a classic example of efficient water-shedding— as in the well-known expression "like water off a duck's back." A combination of modeling and laboratory tests has now determined how both chemistry and the microstructure of feathers allow birds to stay dry even after emerging from amazingly deep dives.
Source: MIT
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