think of the bird’s claw as a small torque wrench … similarly, when we unscrew the cap of a jar, we notice that our hands have a limited torque capacity.
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AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 3 months ago
Did you mean pounds per square inch? The foot-pound is a unit of torque. That number would make more sense for the force generated by its wings.
A_A@lemmy.world 3 months ago
eldain@feddit.nl 3 months ago
It’s a japanese bird, that should be Pascal.
veganpizza69@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Unless you mean the specific individual in the photo, it’s not Japanese.
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eldain@feddit.nl 3 months ago
No non-metric area in that picture, the core of my joke still stands :P