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Old 25-11-2008, 06:41 PM
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It seems that there was a paradox (for engineers) that dolphins shouldn't be able to swim (in the same way that bumble bees shouldn't be able to fly) but that's all cleared up now:
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Mystery of dolphins' speed solved
It's all a matter of aerodynamics - shoud that be aquadynamics?
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