How flamingos sleep while standing on one leg

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  • James Ballance (left), bird curator at Zoo Atlanta, works with juveniles flamingos as Tech professor Young-Hui Chang looks on. (Photo by Lena Ting.)  James Ballance (left), bird curator at Zoo Atlanta, works with juveniles flamingos as Tech professor Young-Hui Chang looks on. (Photo by Lena Ting.)
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Apparently, a lot of science writers had the same question that Georgia Tech researchers Young-Hui Chang and Lena Ting did: how do flamingos stand on one leg for long periods of time? What biomechanics are involved? Now it's Futurity's turn to show off the results of the study by Chang, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences, and Ting, a professor in the Wallace Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

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College of Sciences, School of Biological Sciences

Categories
Life Sciences and Biology
Keywords
College of Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Wallace Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Young-Hui Chang, Lena Ting, Emory University, flamingos, biomechanics
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  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 31, 2017 - 11:05am
  • Last Updated: May 31, 2017 - 11:43am