That is to say, could they get enough forward thrust to push themselves along, without taking off? Maybe with like a little perch to hang onto...
That is to say, could they get enough forward thrust to push themselves along, without taking off? Maybe with like a little perch to hang onto...
33 Comments
LanternEverywhere@kbin.social · 45 pts · 2y
There's nothing in the laws of physics that precludes it. Skateboards can be extremely light and have ball bearings with extremely little friction. It's not all that unusual for a strong breeze to make a board start rolling all by itself
Worx@lemmynsfw.com · 26 pts · 2y
Quite right. It's only bees 🐝 that are prohibited from skateboarding by the laws of physics.
(Is this meme still relevant or am I getting old?)
neidu2@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 2y
According to all known laws of skateboarding, there is no way a bee should be able to do a kickflip. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body rolling over the ground.
card797@champserver.net · 1 pts · 2y
I bet a Harpy's Eagle could flip a board.
mPony@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
jaybone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Five bees for a nickel.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Do ya like jazz?
mPony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
how about a jazz version of some classic Smashing Pumpkins?
Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
As someone who enjoy listening to "weird cover" thanks (Is there a /c/ for that ? )
mPony@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
a) thanks! I'll take that as a compliment.
b) we have two full albums of these, and a third on the way.
c) If there is a /c/ for people who do covers I'd love to know : I need to find my people :)
My_friend_Johnny@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You killed a great song. That was horrible. Guess we all have our own opinion
mPony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Finally, someone actually said they didn't like it. Thank you.
AlolanYoda@mander.xyz · 15 pts · 2y
Someone has been playing Skatebird!
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
First I've heard of it, but now I kinda want to.
Octospider@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
I'm sure an eagle could even pick it up and fly away with it. I've seen eagles pick up mountain goats.
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Yea, but I was talking about taxiing like a plane on the runway.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Surely you can see the energy required to pickup and fly with a skateboard is orders of magnitude greater than simply pushing the skateboard?
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yes, and that's not the question I'm asking.
I'm asking whether they could sustain forward thrust in a standing position, and without actually taking off.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Most likely, yes. If anything, a bird may stand in reverse and flap the wings in front of itself.
But I would expect that its maneuver ability would allow it to do so in different ways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Blizzard@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2y
A sparrow or a condor?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 19 pts · 2y
African or European swallow?
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi · 7 pts · 2y
I don't know that! AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Let's assume we size the board to fit the bird :)
sukhmel@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
To fit by size or by mass?
That's likely irrelevant, as rolling friction may be made quite low anyway
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I have no doubt a bin chicken could.
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 2y
Is that a seagull or a pigeon?
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
An ibis
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 2y
I’ll be damned
Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 2y
An ibis
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Any but the smallest of birds should do it easily.
tunetardis@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
I don't see why not, though I bet it can't go as fast as a turtle on a skateboard?
synae@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y
I AM SPEED 🐢
sukhmel@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
You were going so fast you dropped this: 🛹
AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y