fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-21 year 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-up1411arrow-down116
arrow-up1395arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s only “fast” because it’s just falling.
minus-squareThePyroPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoOk buddy, let’s see you pull out of a terminal velocity (180mph) head first dive. As any pilot will tell you; if you manage to pull out of a dive it’s not falling out of the sky, it’s aerobatics. Ontop of this, it’s catching prey in it’s talons, let’s see you try and grab anything when traveling at 180mph in any direction.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoI’ve ridden in an airplane before, it’s not difficult.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBet you coulda outran pompeiis lava flows too
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoIn an airplane? Probably.
It’s only “fast” because it’s just falling.
Ok buddy, let’s see you pull out of a terminal velocity (180mph) head first dive.
As any pilot will tell you; if you manage to pull out of a dive it’s not falling out of the sky, it’s aerobatics.
Ontop of this, it’s catching prey in it’s talons, let’s see you try and grab anything when traveling at 180mph in any direction.
I’ve ridden in an airplane before, it’s not difficult.
Bet you coulda outran pompeiis lava flows too
In an airplane? Probably.