Hello!
Today I've thought that flying can actually be "reversed swimming".
We have water. Why not have flying space created in exact the same way?
We have now deep diving. Swimming animals enter water and without any predefined paths, start to travel in the water space even in complex situations.
If we put water "up", we would have "flying seals". Now we could change model for a bird and PUF - flying animal. >
So firstly we would need to create closed habitat with proper roof (no holes). Add flying space just as we do with water. It could require places to sit and rest. So climbing=sitting elements.
This way animals that swim and fly could coexist in the same habitat.
I know that somebody must've thought about it this way and there could be important tech limitations or other problems. But to me it looks like easiest way and a realistic solution to having flying animals in ZOOs. Maybe just place point which function as "helipads" on which animals start to fly and land to start walking on ground.
Today I've thought that flying can actually be "reversed swimming".
We have water. Why not have flying space created in exact the same way?
We have now deep diving. Swimming animals enter water and without any predefined paths, start to travel in the water space even in complex situations.
If we put water "up", we would have "flying seals". Now we could change model for a bird and PUF - flying animal. >
So firstly we would need to create closed habitat with proper roof (no holes). Add flying space just as we do with water. It could require places to sit and rest. So climbing=sitting elements.
This way animals that swim and fly could coexist in the same habitat.
I know that somebody must've thought about it this way and there could be important tech limitations or other problems. But to me it looks like easiest way and a realistic solution to having flying animals in ZOOs. Maybe just place point which function as "helipads" on which animals start to fly and land to start walking on ground.