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[–] butter@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I bet a naked human is faster than a naked falcon

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CyberTailor@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

expected monty python

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 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

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yes, but supposing a perfectly spherical falcon…