fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-211 months 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-square72fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down116
arrow-up1396arrow-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-211 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarebutter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoDepends on the temperature.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoAnd number of coconuts
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSince gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?
minus-squaregeneral_kitten@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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-up2·edit-211 months 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…