▲ | jessetemp 3 days ago | |
What were the results of your study? I’ve heard that bat lungs are so sensitive that when they fly across the pressure differential of large turbines their capillaries basically explode | ||
▲ | dllu 2 days ago | parent [-] | |
Yes basically. Bird lungs are relatively rigid, open at both ends like a tube, and have a one-way flow of air, so they are less prone to pressure-related injuries. Bat lungs are mammalian lungs that expand and contract as they breathe just like us, so they are particularly vulnerable to barotrauma near wind turbines. After writing a bunch of MATLAB code to find the bats, I handed it off and haven't heard back about whether they actually built the wind turbines or not. |