applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down17
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut for a bird with a human’s mass to be able to fly, it would have to be huge. Much larger than an ostrich. Birds have hollow bones so their mass in comparison to their size is very little.
But for a bird with a human’s mass to be able to fly, it would have to be huge. Much larger than an ostrich.
Birds have hollow bones so their mass in comparison to their size is very little.
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