Word: hippopotamus
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...between nature and technology. And a unique way to dramatize that concept, he firmly believes, is to achieve another of his goals: animal-powered flight. What kind of animal? MacCready has already drawn up some formulas and tentative contest rules that would permit use of any creature from a hippopotamus to a goldfish. He has even considered using a hissing cockroach. ("It has a little longer power cycle than the ordinary roach.") But he may settle for a dog. "There are already cases of dogs that love to join their masters in hang gliders," he muses, leaning back and staring...