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applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago

If a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.

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If a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.

applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago
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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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    No, they would turn into a normal bird. The extra mass is shunted into z-space where afterwards it can be called back to return the shifter to their previous form. Just don’t stay a bird for more than two hours.

  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    That is a weird way of saying “Humans are bigger than birds,” even then though, I think on average the ostrich will win.

    Edit: I missed the flying part, but still.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    By quite a lot too. The kori bustard is the heaviest known flying animal at around 18kg or 40lbs.

  • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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    Marahute!

  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
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    CAW bitchhhh

  • Overkrill@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    not as large as big bird

  • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world
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    Just because mass is conserved doesn’t mean size/shape is conserved. If you’re always human-sized, you’re a pretty shitty shapeshifter. No offense.

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      thats… the whole point of the post. a bird with a humans mass would be huge. maybe you should have left your shitty assumptions in your ass. no offence.

  • daannii@lemmy.world
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    You ever seen an ostrich?

    Bro they are bigger than humans.

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    if a fan was stuck in my ass I’d be a windmill.

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      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        sounds like you might have a good idea.

  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    imagine a human-sized flying bird, that would be terrifying

    • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      They were.

      • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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        those are still estimated to have a mass topping out around 40 pounds, so a bird with the mass of a human would probably be more than twice the size of that one, at least.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      I mean, it would just be an ostrich, with the ability to fly.

      • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        and the wingspan the size of a car to lift that weight

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          I mean…I’m not an ostrich expert, but isn’t that already roughly their wingspan? Fuckers can grow to like 9 feet tall, I suspect their wings fully extended would be pretty wide.

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
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    So if they turned into an elephant they’d be the cutest widdle elephant ever??

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      Yup they’d be a little baby elephant, unless they happen to be one of the heaviest humans alive, in which case they’d be a slightly older baby elephant lol.

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