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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...

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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 45 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

I bet a Harpy's Eagle could flip a board.

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

getting old

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Five bees for a nickel.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago
[-] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
[-] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

As someone who enjoy listening to "weird cover" thanks (Is there a /c/ for that ? )

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

You killed a great song. That was horrible. Guess we all have our own opinion

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Finally, someone actually said they didn't like it. Thank you.

[-] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 15 points 7 months ago

Someone has been playing Skatebird!

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

First I've heard of it, but now I kinda want to.

[-] Octospider@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

Yea, but I was talking about taxiing like a plane on the runway.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 7 months ago

African or European swallow?

[-] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 7 months ago

I don't know that! AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Let's assume we size the board to fit the bird :)

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

To fit by size or by mass?

That's likely irrelevant, as rolling friction may be made quite low anyway

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Any but the smallest of birds should do it easily.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I have no doubt a bin chicken could.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 3 points 7 months ago

Is that a seagull or a pigeon?

[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

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 points 7 months ago
[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 7 months ago

You were going so fast you dropped this: 🛹

I reckon a Pelican would easily be able to get a skateboard rolling. I'm just now sure the best steps to proceed testing it.

I'd try a skateboard at the top of a hill and see about getting a cockatoo to somehow get the board to roll under it's own propulsion so it can sit back and enjoy a ride down a hill. That'd be the way I'd try if I wanted the bird to do it repeatedly.

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