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These insects fly with their legs. Physics explains how

Like dandelion fluff, the insects’ legs can take advantage of updrafts to fly high

A insect with long, sleder black-and-white legs

Phantom crane flies use their long legs to fly, holding their wings still as they float on updrafts.

Víctor Ortega Jiménez

By Emily Conover

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