The birds while flying seem to have evolved a highly effective formation to promote their well being to receive the good air and avoid the bad air. They flap their wings just enough and at the right time to help in the aerodynamic balance they maintain while flying scores of kilometres at one stretch. What surprised the researchers is the highly developed 'complex phasing strategies to cope with the dynamic wakes produced by flapping wings’.
Since I read this report, I watched the V- formation of flying birds and was amazed at the constancy of the distance they keep between themselves while flying. Obviously there is co-ordination and co-operation between them. The high altitude flying consumes energy and is oxygen dependent and they overcome this challenge by this well developed strategy of flying in formation to maximise the use of good air.
It took a while and intense study to demystify the secret of this V-formation. The birds did not give way to their secret easily to humans in spite of hundreds of researchers involved in this research.
Every time we come across such wonders in nature, it is good to pause to reflect on the creation story. The ‘myth’ the creation story has become for scientists is not simple to explain away. There is a Creator and a creation intent and order at work.
I wish we would become even more reflective, grateful and humble as humans, because, some mysteries we encounter in nature are beyond reasoning! And when we unravel the mystery scientifically, it makes us even more aware of the beyondness of realities yet to be known.
So let us continue walking by faith and not just by sight! Faith is the source of our wellness and direction in our journey towards God!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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