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minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·15 hours agoI didn’t understand any of that. What is a wet specimen? Wouldn’t it take a bunch of balloons to float roadkill? Why is a wet specimen and flying roadkill similar?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoA normal-size balloon of helium can lift about 10 grams. Hares can be about 4 kilograms. Totally doable but that’s a lot of time, balloons and helium to just waste! Anyway, here are some more species and approximate adult weight when alive: Bug (windshield): 0.1 g Frog: 20 g Mouse: 20 g Snail: 25 g Hedgehog: 600 g Rabbit: 1 kg Cat: 4 kg Moose: 600 kg
minus-squarekraftpudding@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoSo you can lift a dead moose with 60 000 ballons?
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoc/theyalmostdidmath ?
minus-squareceleste@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·15 hours agoa wet specimen is a dead creature preserved in liquid
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoI’ll do you one better: what’s roadkill?
minus-squaremusubibreakfast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoSpoken like a true wet specimen!
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoAnimals that have been hit, and killed, by cars.
I didn’t understand any of that.
What is a wet specimen? Wouldn’t it take a bunch of balloons to float roadkill?
Why is a wet specimen and flying roadkill similar?
A normal-size balloon of helium can lift about 10 grams. Hares can be about 4 kilograms. Totally doable but that’s a lot of time, balloons and helium to just waste!
Anyway, here are some more species and approximate adult weight when alive:
So you can lift a dead moose with 60 000 ballons?
c/theyalmostdidmath ?
a wet specimen is a dead creature preserved in liquid
I’ll do you one better: what’s roadkill?
Dinner.
Spoken like a true wet specimen!
Animals that have been hit, and killed, by cars.