2006-08-29 10:12:07 · 10 answers · asked by vtfirecat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
What do you mean? An African or European sparrow?
Huh? I... I don't know that.
Auuuuuuuugh.
(Refer to Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail)
2006-08-29 10:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by borscht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you meant swallow, not sparrow... The joke within this Monty Python joke is that the "European" swallow migrates to Africa during the winter and back to Europe when the weather turns warm - so it is the same animal. For a time (including that time when witches weighed less than ducks), people in Europe believed that swallows hibernated underground or even underwater during the winter. Thus, the Holy Grail joke is also a tweak on the ignorance of Europeans on the natural history of swallows during the middle ages.
2006-08-30 08:40:22 · answer #2 · answered by justhavingfun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero, because I don't think a sparrow could lift a 1lb coconut . . . at least not the sparrows I see in my backyard.
2006-08-29 14:00:13 · answer #3 · answered by Isis-sama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terminal Velocity straight down.
2006-08-30 20:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by pejon60 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can a sparrow carry a coconut?
2006-08-29 10:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by AzOasis8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what is the rate of maximum velocity in free fall? that sparrow is going nowhere but down
2006-09-02 10:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean, African or European?
Thanks for asking that great question, I was in a serious research mode and your question broke the monotony.
I hope you get your answer.
2006-08-29 17:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
African or European?
And how does it grip it?
2006-08-29 15:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
African or European?
2006-08-29 10:17:26 · answer #9 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dunno, it'd probably be in freefall.
2006-08-29 10:24:56 · answer #10 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋