Flying albatross

2007/10/25 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Zoologia

For many years, biologists and physicists have used a model called Flight Levy to explain how to fly the albatross. According to the Levy model, the albatross makes many small displacements in an area and from time to time makes a long displacement to change zone. It is believed that this type of flight is very appropriate to look for food. However, according to a study with sensors attached to the legs of Albatros, Levy flight is a theoretical occurrence. Albatrosses do not fly like this when they seek food, but through random displacements.

Photo: British Antarctic Survey