2007-11-16 15:44:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
On a nature show they showed an eagle scoop up a kid goat, estimated to weigh 19 pounds. The eagle did this with ease.
Condors have a bigger wing span but they just don't seem to be as energetic as the smaller eagle.
There is a flying bird in Africa which is the heaviest flying bird but I figure that they are probably too fat to carry much cargo.
The largest flying bird ever is estimated to have weighed 1100 pounds, one of those dinoseur type birds I guess. There were no humans around then to ride on them but maybe it would have worked.
Off hand my guess is, no.
http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc192/andyg7741/?action=view¤t=eaglecatchingtrout.jpg
Neat pic of eagle picking up the groceries.
I just had to check Lys answer, I think that bird might have been able to do it, here's a pic
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1301/699750340_e5d88a64a1.jpg
Step aside "Bigbird"......lol
2007-11-16 16:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by andyg77 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's possible, were they numerous enough and particularly cared to, Andean or California condors would be able to carry something the weight of an adult human on their backs. Golden Eagles and other large birds of prey have been frequently cited as lifting children some feet off the ground before dropping them. These birds of prey are nowhere near to condor-sized.
Argentavis magnificens is an extinct relative of the condor which had a wingspan the size of a Cesna plane. It could easily have carried a human on its back, as it rode the thermals in the Argentina of paleontology.
There is also the (completely fictional, as far as we know) Rok of middle eastern folklore.
2007-11-16 23:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Griffin... (does anyone know what a Griffin is... look it up people...plus hypothetically speaking, big birds' wings are too weak to even take off in flight, plus he's fat...)
2007-11-16 23:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The flying dragon.
2007-11-16 23:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No...I mean, you could sit on an ostrich's back, but they can't fly...even though they're birds...
2007-11-16 23:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by xo379 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah!
The cool read, purple spotted dinosaur bird!
He'll give you a ride!
Its so much fun!
2007-11-16 23:46:22 · answer #6 · answered by Ale :) 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only in movies, but who knows life is more surprising than movies
2007-11-17 13:53:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got something big enough for you to ride on ;)
2007-11-17 01:17:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes a terydactil. I seen one on the flinstones.
2007-11-16 23:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by Undertaker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
on the Lord of the Rings Gandalph rides on one.....pretty dang schweet.
2007-11-16 23:46:46 · answer #10 · answered by NicoleY. 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋