Comment on Its 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.

• butter@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on the temperature.

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    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And number of coconuts

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      • CyberTailor@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        expected monty python

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  • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since gravity isn’t affected by weight, they’d both be the same speed, no?

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    • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      but larger things have larger mass to area ratio so larger things experience less drag per weight thus resulting in higher terminal velocity

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      • hansl@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical hawk…

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