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Kingfisher and bullet train
The story of the bird and the engineer. How the kingfisher inspired the design of a train. #30Animals
The story of the bird and the engineer. How the kingfisher inspired the design of a train. The 500 series Shinkansen, also known as bullet train, is one of the fastest in the world. It is also quiet, but that was not always the case. This is the tale of Japanese engineer Eiji Nakatsu, the kingfisher, an owl, a penguin and biomimicry. With Patrick Aryee. #30Animals
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How a kingfisher helped reshape Japan's bullet train
Duration: 01:21
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