Icelandic company Flygildi has been developing a drone in the shape of a bird – which caught the attention of US investors during Mike Pence's recent visit

Well they're a little late to the game. Everyone already knows birds aren't real.

On a more serious note, though, that looks incredibly annoying to launch and land. I could see it being useful for surveillance fly-bys, especially if it's camouflaged as a bird of prey so it's not unusual that all the other birds are flying away from it. I'm curious as to what other use cases they're targeting though as it seems like there are a million simpler ways just to get a camera somewhere unnoticed.

So... does it fly?