Sunday, November 26, 2023

The Great Bird Race



Red Side made an illustrated comparison of how fast various birds can move, on foot or flying. They start with the slowest birds which are overtaken by faster ones, one by one. I felt sorry for the penguin, who leads things off as the slowest walker, but never gets to show us how fast he can swim. Where are all these birds going? Why are they all going as fast as they can? Is something chasing them? Some are rather awkward even as they are speeding by other species. The running birds seem to have no knees, and the ostrich has hips hidden way up in its backbone, which makes this frantic chase seem all the more hilarious. (via Nag on the Lake)


4 comments:

  1. That is amazing! My dwindling eyesight didn't make it possible for me to read the notation about each bird and even embiggening it didn't make it clearer. Can you decipher?

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  2. I tried, but I can barely see them myself.

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  4. It identified the bird by common name (flamingo, pelican, bald eagle, etc) and the speed of the bird in KMs and miles per hour.  In some instances it added further information like "in short bursts" and other relevant info about the particular specimen.

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