Super Efficent Super Amazing Dragonfly
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Super Efficent Super Amazing Dragonfly
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
I took one more shot to show the marking above his mouth, it looks like a face. Also if you look at her legs you can see spider webs. Sometimes if they get court in spider web, they can actually eat the spider !!
The dynamics of capturing an object in mid-air are staggeringly complex, so much so that it’s usually something that’s only done by animals with complex nervous systems, like seagulls, or humans. To intercept something moving with its own velocity, you have to be able to predict where it will be in the future. When researchers began studying dragonflies in 1999, they found that rather than “track” their prey—follow it through the air until they caught up with it—they would actually intercept it. In other words, dragonflies ensure a kill by flying to where their prey is going to be.
That indicates that dragonflies calculate three things during a hunt: the distance of their prey, the direction it’s moving, and the speed it’s flying. In the space of milliseconds, the dragonfly calculates its angle of approach and, like a horror movie monster, it’s already waiting while the hapless fly stumbles right into its clutches.
This is tiger dragonfly from my backyard , Northern beaches, Sydney. I think they super amazing, I never new how amazing dragonflies really are , they got my respect !!
To learn more http://listverse.com/2013/04/18/10-surprisingly-brutal-facts-about-dragonflies/
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March 22nd, 2017
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Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Wow very impressive capture and composition!! totally stunning and intriguing to view!! really amazing image!! L/F
Alana Thrower
Wow! Wonderful detail and colors! The explanation of how they catch their prey is fascinating! Thank you for sharing that! l/f/t