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Q & A: Birds carrying people?

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Q:
could it be possible for a bird to be large enough to carry a person?
- Jon (age 18)
england
A:
Yup, it is possible for people to ride on the backs of emus and ostriches -- but the bird has to be really big and the person has to be rather small. I don't know of any bird that can fly with a person (although some largeish birds of prey can carry some pounds of fish or rodents).

Tom

(published on 10/22/2007)

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