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CAPTION Panels A and B show the side-on and underneath view of a hummingbird passing through an aperture sideways. C and D show the same views of the hummingbird passing thorough an aperture like a bullet with its wings swept back. CREDIT Marc Badger https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-lookup/doi/10.1242/jeb.245643

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