Comments on: Link #39: The Bones of Birds Are Hollow! http://ipfactly.com/bones-of-birds-are-hollow/ Amazing Facts at IP Factly's Fun Factorium Thu, 17 Jun 2021 04:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: anthoney w http://ipfactly.com/bones-of-birds-are-hollow/#comment-11503 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:09:38 +0000 http://ipfactly.com/?p=7098#comment-11503 i never knew that the birds have thin bones lol

]]> By: TIMOTHY LOVETT http://ipfactly.com/bones-of-birds-are-hollow/#comment-2169 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 05:18:31 +0000 http://ipfactly.com/?p=7098#comment-2169 “How can birds’ bones be hollow and still be the same weight as other animals of the same size?”

Same “size”? Lies, damn lies and statistics.

Your statement is either selling out the facts for some shock factor, or you really didn’t understand what was said here.
http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/bird-bones-may-be-hollow-they-are-also-heavy-says-umass-amherst-biologist

The issue is: Bird bones are LIGHTER for a comparable BENDING MOMENT. Period. Engineers and everyone else who knows stuff calls this an optimized structure. Bone density is simply how the optimization was achieved.

Bird bones are still lighter though – for the same strength.

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