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flight Send message Joined: 13 Sep 99 Posts: 296 Credit: 976,732 RAC: 0 |
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Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
If it was an Australian duck it would swim in an elipse. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
are you looking for a serious answer or some silly answer. the quick answer is that they duck would most likely compensate for the missing limb and swim wherever it aimed itself In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
I've run the question through my MX6500 Brainiac Super Computing Device and the definitive answer is: 24, because motorcycles don't have doors. |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
Interesting Scare crow. If motorcycles did have doors the Australian ducks elipses would develop retrograde charicteristics. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
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Dune Finkleberry Send message Joined: 22 Sep 99 Posts: 1314 Credit: 1,124,651 RAC: 0 |
I'm going to go with it could swim however way it wanted to go. Life has an amazing way of adapting to whatever it's up against. Duck would soon discover that it can place it's foot in the middle and propel itself the same way as it always does. That's a goat theory. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29831 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
I am certain that it could compensate and swim where ever it wanted to. However, it could not fly. I know (I've done it to my down ducks) that simply clipping the tip of one of its wing feathers will prevent flight due to the un-even lift. If you clip both it can fly again. The loss of a leg would result in a change in the center of gravity so it would prevent flight. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I am certain that it could compensate and swim where ever it wanted to. However, it could not fly. I know (I've done it to my down ducks) that simply clipping the tip of one of its wing feathers will prevent flight due to the un-even lift. If you clip both it can fly again. The loss of a leg would result in a change in the center of gravity so it would prevent flight. Which could result in a Sitting Duck then becoming a Dead Duck, By way of a Bald Eagle. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I know this LOOKS bad, but none of us really KNOWS FOR SURE how the duck lost his leg. Let us not jump to any hasty conclusions... |
Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 434,834 RAC: 0 |
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
I am certain that it could compensate and swim where ever it wanted to. However, it could not fly. I know (I've done it to my down ducks) that simply clipping the tip of one of its wing feathers will prevent flight due to the un-even lift. If you clip both it can fly again. The loss of a leg would result in a change in the center of gravity so it would prevent flight. Beg to differ old chap. Many years ago a group of people at a hanger I was working in "adopted" a one legged seagull, feeding it regularly on their breaks. It flew very well, thank you. Landings were a bit lacking in grace, but functional. The centre of gravity of any living creature is constantly changing (mostly due to moving limbs, and digestive processes we won't dwell upon further). In order to fly, it is necessary to have an appropriate relationship between the resultant lift force and said c. of g. Birds are masters of fine tuning the size and direction of their lift vector, and would compensate for this shift in c. of g. with no more effort than you need to compensate for your c. of g. shift if you wave an arm while walking. Try it, you won't fall over (unless you're really drunk),and you are not aware of the minor changes in your leg muscles that make it all possible. |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
Try it, you won't fall over (unless you're really drunk) I tried it..... I fell over. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Try it, you won't fall over (unless you're really drunk) See? |
gizbar Send message Joined: 7 Jan 01 Posts: 586 Credit: 21,087,774 RAC: 0 |
But if the duck still floats, it is made of wood. And if it is made of wood, then therefore .... IT'S A WITCH! A proud GPU User Server Donor! |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
But if the duck still floats, it is made of wood. And if it is made of wood, then therefore .... BURN HER!!! PS: Who are you sir, to be so wise in the ways of science? |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Try it, you won't fall over (unless you're really drunk) But I bet you didn't spill anything. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Try it, you won't fall over (unless you're really drunk) Bazinga. |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
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Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
Well, it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but I'm thinking it probably doesn't walk like a duck. Therefore I conclude that it probably isn't a duck! Reality Internet Personality |
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