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NSF PR 03-08 - January 16, 2003
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Photo 1
Ken Dial, who is a professor of vertebrate morphology and a licensed commercial pilot, holds an adult chukar partridge in his flight lab at the University of Montana.
Photo Credit: K.P. Dial, University of Montana
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This video clip shows a three-day-old chukar partridge chick, which is hatched fully feathered, using its wings to help it climb a 50-dgree incline.
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Video Credit: K.P Dial, University of Montana
This video clip shows two views of an adult chukar bird using its wings to help it climb a completely vertical, 90-degree surface.
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Video Credit: K.P Dial, University of Montana
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