Drones made from dead birds by scientists

A team of scientists in the US state of New Mexico has undertaken a novel approach to studying the animal kingdom by attempting to install drones into dead, taxidermied birds as part of an experiment designed to understand more about their flight patterns. The taxidermied bird drones are currently being tested in a customized cage, but can at present only be flown for around 20 minutes at a time. It is hoped that the project will shed new light on how birds conserve energy by flying in certain formations when the artificial drones are flown alongside living flocks. It is also hoped that the testing will further articulate theories about how the colors of birds interact with flight efficiency. The study appears to coincide with the popular conspiracy theory ‘Birds Aren’t Real’, which has for several years stated that birds are in fact artificial drones flown in the sky to spy on people. However, Hassanalian maintains that his study has no nefarious intentions.