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Fastest Known Muscles Found in Songbirds' Throats

Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 12:16 am, Over one day old
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Songbirds such as zebra finches and European starlings can move their vocal cords a hundred times faster than a blink of the human eye, new research says.



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From Songbirds' Throat Muscles, World's Fastest Muscle

Posted Friday August 15, 2008, 1:18 am, Over one day old
"discovered is that zebra finches and European starlings can change their tunes at frequencies as high as 250 hertz via direct muscle control. This means that they are moving their muscles a hundred times faster than a blink of the human eye. Link "

From Fastest Known Muscles Found in Songbirds? Throats

Posted Monday July 14, 2008, 5:07 am, Over one day old
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From Songbird muscles move a hundred times faster than blink of human eye

Posted Saturday July 12, 2008, 7:21 am, Over one day old
"as 250 hertz via direct muscle control. This means that they are moving their muscles a hundred times faster than a blink of the human eye?according to lead study author Coen Elemans at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Read more about ?Fastest Known Muscles Found in Songbirds? Throats? at National Geographic News. Comments : "

From Underwater Photography and Scuba News

Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 5:36 am, Over one day old
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 4:34 pm, Over one day old
" India Basins Half a Billion Years Older Than Thought Fastest Known Muscles Found in Songbirds' Throats VIDEO: Kilauea Spews Lava Fountain A Third of Reef-Building Corals at Risk of Extinction "

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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 4:14 pm, Over one day old
" India Basins Half a Billion Years Older Than Thought Fastest Known Muscles Found in Songbirds' Throats VIDEO: Kilauea Spews Lava Fountain A Third of Reef-Building Corals at Risk of Extinction Odd Fish Find Contradicts Intelligent-Design Argument "

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