Capable of building nests anywhere on the surface of the ocean to the holes in the cliffs, birds in fact largely owe their survival to these traits. The nests, where a bird lays its eggs, hatches and rises to youth, seems like a simple structure from a distance, but it is actually a complete engineering wonder. Investigating the structure of the bird nests, the researchers discovered that birds use their own body structures as a template when building the classic cup-shaped nests that we find most often on tree branches in the summer. The birds, which mount the filament materials they find in the nest and on the sides, reveal a super light nest when they are done. As a matter of fact, if you have taken a nest that has fallen to the ground before, you have seen how fragile they are. Mug-shaped bird nests can give scientists a new way of how liquid materials can solidify under the right conditions. Research shows that the slot design can be imitated to make synthetic materials with similar materials to the slot. In a bird’s nest, heterogeneous objects such as tiny sticks and feather pieces are suppressed with a static structure that scientists classify as a meta material. Some of this structure curls, but birds do not hold this piece while placing another piece around the nest. Because the parts they put together allow the socket to ‘squeeze’ and intertwine at the same time. Scientists think that the architectural structure in bird nests can open up practical solutions for engineering, transportation and manufacturing. This engineering ability of the birds, which shapes the nature, may affect our lives in the near future.
title: “Incredible Engineering Behind Bird Nests” ShowToc: true date: “2023-03-18” author: “Eddie Merritt”
Capable of building nests anywhere on the surface of the ocean to the holes in the cliffs, birds in fact largely owe their survival to these traits. The nests, where a bird lays its eggs, hatches and rises to youth, seems like a simple structure from a distance, but it is actually a complete engineering wonder. Investigating the structure of the bird nests, the researchers discovered that birds use their own body structures as a template when building the classic cup-shaped nests that we find most often on tree branches in the summer. The birds, which mount the filament materials they find in the nest and on the sides, reveal a super light nest when they are done. As a matter of fact, if you have taken a nest that has fallen to the ground before, you have seen how fragile they are. Mug-shaped bird nests can give scientists a new way of how liquid materials can solidify under the right conditions. Research shows that the slot design can be imitated to make synthetic materials with similar materials to the slot. In a bird’s nest, heterogeneous objects such as tiny sticks and feather pieces are suppressed with a static structure that scientists classify as a meta material. Some of this structure curls, but birds do not hold this piece while placing another piece around the nest. Because the parts they put together allow the socket to ‘squeeze’ and intertwine at the same time. Scientists think that the architectural structure in bird nests can open up practical solutions for engineering, transportation and manufacturing. This engineering ability of the birds, which shapes the nature, may affect our lives in the near future.
