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Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings by netcan on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:58AM (#23832707)
Isn't the condor still much more efficient. How many calories does a cyclist need to travel 100 miles?
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Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings by linuxftw on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:53PM (#23836927)
Humans in orbit for long periods seem like they'd be the most efficient.
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Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings by DannyB2 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @12:30PM (#23834017)
I'm just repeating it as I remember it after nearly 40 years. :-)

Back in the day, there wasn't Google, Wikipedia, Snopes, etc. or I would have looked it up back then.

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