Discuss the relationship between wing size and body mass in birds

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Answer: A combination of wing span and wing surface area influences lift. Among birds within the same order and sharing similar lifestyles (e.g., soaring long distances over open ocean), analysis by scaling to the same wing span reveals the significance of wing shape: Larger birds have proportionately longer and narrower wings.

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