2007-01-30 07:45:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
lol....a bird needs air to get lift....so once it got high enough it would need assistance.
Say a jet pack.
If it had a jet pack then it would then freeze so it would need insulation.
If it had a really thick coat then the low pressure would let its blood boil like the bends divers get coming up from the ocean floor.
So it would need a pressure suit.
If it had all those......it would also need a brain capable of deciding it wanted to do this.
If it had all that then sure why not. Easy.
2007-01-30 07:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by yepwellmaybe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh... wierd question. First of all I'm sure the oxygen tank would weigh the poor bird down far too much for it to fly.
Second, as the atmosphere gets more rarified, it wouldn't be able to gain altitude as birds rely on their wings and the air for flight.
Thirdly, direct exposure of the skin to a vacuum is not a good thing. It allows air bubbles to form in the blood which can cause unconsciousness and death.
2007-01-30 15:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer, no...
The animal could not fly, because it needs air to carry its' body (think of flying for a bird to be like swimming for us; they're suspended in air by the actions of their body.)
The heat/cold extremes would cause the animal to either be "microwaved" to death, if it was exposed to the toxic rays of the sun without an atmosphere, or if it was sheltered by the shadow of a large body, like a planet, it would probably instantaneously freeze on the outside...
The pressure differentials from the inside and outside would probably cause any free air spaces within the body to be "sucked" closed, or burst...
And, because of the pressure changes, fluids boil at a lower temperature with pressure changes (Boyle's Law, look it up.) So, at body temperature, the bird's body fluids (mainly blood) would boil. So like the other posters stated, like the bends, but it wouldn't be just nitrogen bubbles.
2007-01-30 16:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by c_macleod_us 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There would be no air for its wings to push against. And there would be no air pressure on its body, so it would still die, from the bends or an embolism or something.
2007-01-30 15:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no air, there is nothing to push to move the bird or control direction.
2007-01-30 15:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by Lab 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋