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-square71fedilinkarrow-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-22 years agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoIt’s only “fast” because it’s just falling.
minus-squareThePyroPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoI’ve ridden in an airplane before, it’s not difficult.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoBet you coulda outran pompeiis lava flows too
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 years 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.