Talk:Harpy/@comment-25086543-20150605222902

have some useful info. I asked a friend of mine, how much pounds of force whould a harpy have? and this is what i got (word for word.) this is what he had to say:

"Properly speaking that sort of thing makes my heart stop.

500 pounds of force by a bird that itself weighs 1500 grams.

For context a grown woman on average weighs about 100-140 pounds, so lets say 120 pound woman, which is about 55,813 grams.

If the world worked by a direct relationship of strength to weight (which is marginally true) we have a wopping set of calculations to make.

55,813/150=372 times the mass of the owl.

500 pounds of force x 372 =a terrifying 186,046 pounds of force.

NOW BEFORE WE FREAK

lets be accurate, while increased mass does lead to increased power i think its safe to say all that force from the talons is silly. We can probably safely divide that by 2 or so...which still leaves us with over 93,023 pounds of force.

Im intimidated by that one woof. Never ever ever let her scratch your back."