Jan 7, 2025 · 16 How large would a bird have to be to still be able to fly, while carrying a human, specifically if gravity is half as strong as it is on Earth? Most riders would be less than 140 pounds …

Oct 31, 2023 · What event or evolutionary pressure would lead such species to bridge the final step towards something approaching the cognition of an adult human, or to develop another kind of …

Absolutely everything about bird is designed to create a streamlined animal, from their beak, to their legs, to their loss of fingers. Making a bird look more like a human requires going back, far back.

Aug 13, 2019 · A much heavier bird (up to 70kg or so), Argentavis magnificens, had a similar wingspan, but much deeper wings (there's probably a better term in the aviation or ornithology worlds, but I'm …

Aug 5, 2019 · However, at normal human scale, such a being would be unable to fly on Earth unless their muscles had a much higher force to volume ratio. A human sized winged being would require …

Mar 18, 2018 · So to build a bird-like flying device, you have to duplicate all this, and make it reliable (or at least fail-safe). Once you've done that, applying sufficient power should be relatively simple. …

Jun 8, 2024 · Ignoring the numerous problems with how a human would fly, would a winged human fly better with a tail? First style - Human, bird wings, no tail. Second - Same as first, but with a bird tail …

Jun 1, 2018 · 5 I've seen bird-human hybrids before in popular fiction, where they have legs, wings, AND arms. So I was wondering if this was really plausible. Humans don't want to give up the ability to …

May 13, 2020 · Bird wings that work by flapping / gliding need to scale up with body size. That is covered in this question. How big would my character's wings realistically be?. For a human, condor …

Feb 8, 2021 · I'm writing a fantasy novel with a sentient human-bird species. These creatures magically transform, growing feathers etc. becoming essentially giant birds. What would the general conditions …