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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. (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Humans fly faster

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With modern tech and ingenuity yes ... much much faster.

But a naked human .... fastest recorded running speed is 44.7 kph (27.7 mph) .... but in flight, or free fall can reach a stabilized controlled terminal velocity of 193 kph (120 mph) and a maximum controlled streamlined terminal velocity of 500 kph (310 mph)

https://www.sciencefacts.net/terminal-velocity-of-a-human.html

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on the temperature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And number of coconuts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

expected monty python

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, we have bigger wings