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How fast do you have to run if you're being chased by a velociraptor?

Category: Science culture
Posted on: November 9, 2008 9:36 PM, by Sandra Porter

Brian Switek, from Laelaps, could probably tell you.

And, if you vote for him in the 3rd Annual College Blogger Scholarship competition, he just might.

He'll tell you why should you vote for him, too, and I agree.

And below the fold, is an inspirational cartoon.

From xkcd.

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1

Just a little faster than the guy you are standing next to.

VOTE FOR BRIAN!

Posted by: greg laden | November 9, 2008 10:03 PM

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It's the velocirapture I'm worried about! But I try not to get carried away with it.

Posted by: Ian | November 10, 2008 6:52 AM

3

Mass of each raptor please. If the mass is high enough, rounding corners could prove a tad difficult for the beasties.

Friends in AK tell me that to escape a charging moose, go around a sharp corner as the moose cannot do it and will keep going with it's inertia. They could be telling me "tales for the lower 48" but accelerating mass around a corner isn't free.

Cool test though.

Posted by: Mike | November 10, 2008 8:11 AM

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OMG!! This is my favorite XKCD comic of all time. I sent it to my high school physics teacher last week and suggested he give it out as a midterm to see how his students react.

Posted by: Arikia | November 10, 2008 11:23 AM

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