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xeonmc on April 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Feathers are one of evolution's cleverest inventio...

So human lungs are piston engines whereas bird lungs are turbojet engines.

jessekv on April 20, 2024 [–]

It's interesting that mammal lungs are inefficient for the same reason two-stroke piston engines are.

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