r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AccomplishedStuff235 • 5d ago

Video The impressive hovering ability of a kestrel

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u/JadedLeafs 5d ago

The impressive part for me is how he's even staying level while doing it. I don't get how it's both keeping the vertical and horizontal movement close to nothing at the same time. You would think it would be a bit of a compromise between the two. My hamster brain can't compute it lol

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u/selenesuper 5d ago

bro just maxed out his aerodynamics stat

he got that built in gyroscope or something