kitebored said...joshy0184 said...
Soooooo what I want to know is.. Has anyone figured out how long it takes to cook the elephant??? Using African swallows...
Well based on alverstone's work and wikipedia it would take the energy equivalent of 20,754,500 European swallows to cook an average African Elephant (7,750 kg). Of course the average Asian Elephant at 5,400kg would need 14,461,200 European swallows.
Regarding African Swallows, I assume you are referring to the South African Swallow 'Hirundo Spilodera'. They weigh in at an average of 20 grams where as the European swallow averages at 20.3 grams (5 ounces), giving us 20,447,783 African swallows for an African Elephant and 14,247,488 African swallows for the Asian Elephant.
Not sure why I had to bother writing this, it's obvious really.
Referencesalverstone said...
It takes the energy equivilent of burning 5,356 European swallows to cook a 2kg leg of lamb, once you have removed all the eels from your hovercraft.
Wikipedia...
The African Elephant is the largest land animal, with males standing 3.2 metres or 10 ft to 4 metres or 13 ft at the shoulder. They weigh around 3,500 kilograms up to a reported 12,000 kilograms. The female is smaller, standing about 3 metres or 9.8 ft at the shoulder.
Asian Elephants are not as large as their African cousins but can weigh around 5,400 kg and stand over 3.4 m or 11 ft tall
My equation, plagarised from an Ethiopian mystic wearing boardshorts outside of his wetsuit, is based on the 'energy-equivilent', or the amount of potential carlories that are in all of a swallow - bones, feathers, organs and flesh. A lot of a bird's energy is going to be wasted as light and sparks when you burn it. On reflection, it is obvious that for this theory to work, and to have the lamb roast just right and 'pink' on the inside, the energy-equivilent has to be measured form swallows that are fat, pre-migration birds before long weeks of flight over any continent make them thin and tired enough to stumble around on their stumpy legs near waterholes or villages and become a quick Ethiopian snack with a mere snatch of the hand. You can use the beak as a toothpick afterwards, apparently.
