applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down17
arrow-up181arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·5 days agoNo, they would turn into a normal bird. The extra mass is shunted into z-space where afterwards it can be called back to return the shifter to their previous form. Just don’t stay a bird for more than two hours.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoThe real issue is remembering you’re not a bird once you have a bird brain
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoThat’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
minus-squarezelahdieliekeis@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoVery Inkspell/Inkdeath.
minus-squareHaquer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoAnimorphs was literally my first thought as well
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·40 minutes agoDid he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days ago ctrl-f “z-space” Aww, yeah.
No, they would turn into a normal bird. The extra mass is shunted into z-space where afterwards it can be called back to return the shifter to their previous form. Just don’t stay a bird for more than two hours.
The real issue is remembering you’re not a bird once you have a bird brain
That’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
NOT THE BEEEES
Very Inkspell/Inkdeath.
Animorphs was literally my first thought as well
Oh, Tobias.
Did he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
Aww, yeah.