fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agoIts diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.mander.xyzimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down116
arrow-up1386arrow-down1imageIts diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-squarebutterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoI bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoDepends on the temperature.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAnd number of coconuts
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSince gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agobut larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoyes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…
I bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon
Depends on the temperature.
And number of coconuts
expected monty python
Since gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?
but larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity
yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…