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-square55fedilinkarrow-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-square55fedilink
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours 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.