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2022-09-01 21:03:08 What is the most powerful bird of prey?

Although the harpy eagle only weighs between 6 and 9 kg (13 to 20 lb), it is considered the world’s most powerful bird of prey.

In terms of body length, the harpy eagle measures about 1 meter (up to 42 inches) and has a wingspan of about 2 meters (up to 88 inches).

The harpy eagle’s legs and talons are the thickest and largest of any bird of prey.

This extraordinary physical characteristic means that it won’t settle for small animals. Instead, it focuses more on mammals like sloths and monkeys .

With its deadly talons, the harpy eagle can carry prey as heavy as its weight.

Smaller males have mostly been recorded to carry about half their weight or medium-sized prey.

But an adult female harpy, which is almost twice bigger then males, can snatch animal like sloths and monkeys weighing 5-9 kg from trees and continue its flight without landing.

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2022-08-31 06:30:00 Can the largest living flying birds carry a human?

Although in some books or movies one can find stories about a big flying bird picking up a human, such a scene has nothing to do with the reality.

Neither condors nor other big eagles cannot in fact lift an adult person or even a child.

As a rough estimate by scientists, a bird of prey can carry half its body weight.

An Andean condor weighing up to 15 kilos can in theory carry an object that weights no more than 7,5 kilos, or even less.

Eagles with the greatest weight-carrying capacity are the bald eagle, the Philippines eagle, the harpy eagle, and the crowned eagle.

The heaviest recorded weight a bird can lift is 6,8 kg (15 lb), held by the bald eagle for lifting a mule deer fawn of the said weight.

In theory, it would take ten bald eagles to lift an adult human that weighs about 70 kg.

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2022-08-29 12:32:25 What are the largest living birds?

The largest living bird in both size and weight is the ostrich. These giants from Africa grow up to 2.7 meters (9 ft) tall and can weigh up to 130 kilograms (287 lb).

Found in the Andes mountains in South America, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan. It has a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) and weight of 15 kg (33 lb).

In terms of wingspan, the record holder among flying birds is the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) with a wingspan of 3.4 meter (11-foot). It uses those massive flappers to travel hundreds of kilometers in a single journey.

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) from Antarctica is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species that cannot run or fly but are excellent swimmers. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb).

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2022-08-24 20:09:57 What is the connection between the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower?

The Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower, these two symbols of respectively the American and the French peoples, were in fact both made in France.

The Statue of Liberty (its French name is “Liberty Enlightening the World”) was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of and the during the American Revolution.

In a ceremony held in Paris on July 4, 1884, the completed Statue of Liberty was formally presented to the U.S. ambassador and then shipped to New York City.

The idea for the statue belonged to the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye and was implemented by the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

Its steel framework was built by Gustav Eiffel, the French civil engineer renowned for the construction of the Eiffel tower.

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2022-08-23 18:52:07 What are the second name of Borneo and some other of its unique marks?

Although the name Borneo is more commonly known worldwide (it may derive from the Sanskrit word váruṇa meaning either ‘water’ or Varuna, the Hindu god of rain), on some maps the island can be found under the name of Kalimantan.

Kalimantan is the Indonesian name and in Indonesia this word refers to the whole island.

Some countries use ‘Kalimantan’ to indicate the Indonesian portion of the island (73% of its area).

The word Kalimantan or Klemantan was derived from the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, meaning "burning weather" possibly to describe its hot and humid tropical weather.

It’s the only Island in the world that is divided between three countries: Indonesia , Brunei and Malaysia .

The highest peak of Borneo named Mount Kinabalu towers 4,095 m (13,435 feet), is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, and the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence.

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2022-08-08 17:24:43 How Greenland got its name when it is not really green?

Greenland was named by a Viking named Erik the Red (an Icelandic murderer who was exiled to the island).

Historians believe Erik chose the name Greenland as a marketing strategy: in hopes that the name would attract settlers. The word “green” promised Nordic people they would find lush, green fields waiting for them in the new region.

As Erik’s ship could land on the southwestern corner of Greenland, it is possible that he discovered a more appealing section of the country and chose the name before he realized how much ice he was dealing with.

But according to scientists, Greenland was actually quite green more than 2.5 million years ago. Biologists say Greenland may have been home to similar forests we see throughout northern part of America, Europe and Asia today.

Although now more than 80% of Greenland is covered in ice, some experts believe it may soon be green again, if the sheets of ice melt due to climate change.

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2022-08-07 11:32:22 What are three largest islands on Earth?

Greenland is the largest island in the world.
With a total covered area of 2,130,800 sq km (822,700 sq miles), it is located between the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean.
Greenland has the population of about 55,000 people and its density is 0.028/km2 (0.1/sq miles).
Greenland is an island country within the Kingdom of Danemark.

New Guinea is the 2nd largest Island in the world.
Area: 785,753 sq km (303,381 sq miles)
Population: 11,306,940
Population density: 14/km2 (36/sq miles)
Location: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Borneo Island is the 3rd largest Island,
Area: 743,330 sq km (288,869 sq miles)
Population: 19,804,064
Population density: 21.52/km2 (55.74/sq miles)
Location: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, Asia

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2022-08-04 17:30:01 How can four main arithmetical operations be described?

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Addition is the process of taking two or more numbers and adding them together. In other words, it is the total sum of all the numbers.
Addition of whole numbers results in a number greater than the added numbers.

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Subtraction is the process, in which we remove objects from the original group.
In subtraction, the numerical value of the original number becomes less.

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Multiplication is adding the same number to itself a certain number of times.
When we multiply two numbers, the result is called a product.

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Division is breaking a large object or group into smaller parts or groups.
The number or the larger group that gets divided is known as the dividend.
The number that divides the dividend is known as the divisor.
The number obtained after dividing the dividend by a divisor is called the quotient.
The number left after dividing is called remainder.

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2022-08-03 18:17:51 What is arithmetics?

Another basic branch of mathematics is arithmetics, from which other sub-branches spread out.

The word arithmetics ultimately derives from the Greek noun arithmos, meaning "number," with stops along the way in Latin, Anglo-French, and Middle English.

Arithmetics is dealing with the theory of numerical calculations and focuses on understanding and study of numbers and their different operations.

The primary arithmetical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

Fractions, decimals, percentages, fractions, square root, exponents, and other arithmetic operations are used to achieve mathematical simplifications.

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2022-08-02 19:12:48 What is geometry?

Geometry is one of the most important branches of mathematics that deals with the study of figures in space and their links in different dimensions, generally two or three. It also studies relationships between points, lines, and other figures.

Geometry can be divided into two further branches such as trigonometry and descriptive geometry. It helps to solve the triangles and complex numbers. We often discuss many other things in trigonometry like vectors, planes, and lines, etc.

The word 'Geometry' is derived from an ancient Greek word 'geometron'. The word 'geo' means 'Earth' and 'metron' means 'measurement'.

The study of geometry is extremely ancient and has been going on for many thousands of years, across all civilizations – Egypt, Babylonia, India, China, Greece, the Incas, etc.

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