eli5: Why is it not possible to build bird-like attachable wings that account for body proportions to allow humans to fly or glide around?
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When you see a picture or statue of an angel or other person with wings, it’s like the wings are just stuck on their back. Wings on birds don’t work that way.
Birds have massive chest muscles that move the wings. When you eat chicken, that’s most of what you’re eating (other than the drumsticks). The breast meat (muscles) is attached on one end to that white rubbery cartilage keel in the bird’s breast. The other end is attached to the wings.
Think of eating chicken wings. They are tiny, bony things in comparison to chicken breasts, but that’s supposed to be enough for an angel to fly. It isn’t.
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