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Scientists are giving dead birds a second life by developing taxidermy bird drones. The team at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro is taking birds that have been preserved through taxidermy and converting them into drones in order to study flight. “If we learn how these birds manage energy between themselves, we can apply (that) into the future aviation industry to save more energy and save more fuel,” Dr Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor who is leading the project, told Reuters.
