Flamingos making strange ripples on the water. Hummingbirds flying through the rain. A roadrunner sprinting across the desert. For Victor Ortega Jiménez, every animal behavior hides a mechanical secret ,and cracking it could inspire better engineering.
Meet Ortega Jiménez, one of our SN 10 Scientists to Watch.
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