Which mechanical process primarily enables albatrosses to efficiently employ dynamic soaring over ocean waves?

💡 Explanation

When albatrosses encounter varying wind speeds near waves, they use dynamic soaring, harvesting kinetic energy from wind shear where they continuously cycle between rising in headwinds and descending in tailwinds. Therefore harvesting kinetic energy propels them, rather than lift or potential as these require different energetic mechanisms.

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