Can a 5 ounce bird carry a 1 pound coconut?

First, it’s suggested that a typical European swallow weighs 5 ounces and must beat its wings 43 times per second in order to maintain airspeed velocity. This is given as evidence that the bird could not, in fact, carry a 1-pound coconut.

Is that a coconut Monty Python?

Guard: (indcredulous) What, a swallow, carrying a coconut? Arthur: It could grip it by the husk! Guard: It’s not a question of where ‘e grips it! It’s a simple question of weight ratios!

How is a coconut able to float on water?

Seeds dispersed by water are contained in light and buoyant fruit, giving them the ability to float. The buoyant coconuts drift on ocean currents and end up on tropical beaches where they germinate and take root.

Is coconut pollinated by water?

Coconut is pollinated by water too.

Can coconuts sink?

I’m talking about coconuts of course. If you’re ever stranded on a tropical island and need to make an escape raft… yes, coconuts do indeed float.

How long can coconuts survive in sea?

Even though it was demonstrated that coconut seednuts can still germinate after floating in sea water for up to 110 days (Edmondson, 1941), inter-continental, trans-oceanic movement is generally attributed to seafarers, both ancient and modern.

Did coconuts float to the Caribbean?

The Indian Ocean coconut was transported to the New World by Europeans much later. The Portuguese carried coconuts from the Indian Ocean to the West Coast of Africa, Olsen says, and the plantations established there were a source of material that made it into the Caribbean and also to coastal Brazil.

How does a coconut move?

Coconuts are the fruit of the cocoa palm, Cocos nucifera. A coconut can move up to 10m from its parent tree just by bouncing and rolling after falling to the ground from a height of 10 to 20m. Coconuts can also survive up to 120 days afloat in the sea and then germinate when they are washed up on land.

Why do coconut trees need salt?

The application of sodium chloride (NaCl) or common table salt can effectively control this problem. Its addition to chlorine deficient ‘Tugbok’ soil (Typic Tropudalfs) planted to local tall, ‘Laguna’ coconut trees increased nut production, copra weight/nut, and copra yield/tree.

Are coconuts deadlier than sharks?

This legend gained momentum after the 2002 work of a noted expert on shark attacks was characterized as saying that falling coconuts kill 150 people each year worldwide. This statistic has often been contrasted with the number of shark-caused deaths per year, which is around five.

Did dinosaurs eat coconuts?

But when a museum visitor asked why “T-Rex has six inch long serrated teeth”, the guide tells them that dinosaurs use it to open the tough outer layer of the coconuts. The dinosaurs started eating flesh only after Adam and Eve sinned and was cast out of paradise.

Did dinosaurs eat meat?

Meat eating dinosaurs were called CARNIVORES. There were about 100 types of dinosaurs who ate meat. Spinosaurus (means Spine Lizard) was the largest meat eating dinosaur, even bigger than the T-Rex.

What did dinosaurs eat How do scientists know?

He explained how scientists figure out what dinosaurs ate by looking at their fossils. Barrett said that just like the animals around us today, dinosaurs had teeth adapted to what they ate. So carnivores, or meat-eaters, had sharp, serrated teeth, like the edge of a knife.

Did all theropods eat meat?

Scientists used statistical analyses to determine the diet of 90 species of theropod dinosaurs. Their results challenge the conventional view that nearly all theropods hunted prey, especially those closest to the ancestors of birds.