Why Didn't the Ship Sink When a 15kg Bird Landed on It?

[sbsbhilai]

Why the ship does not sinks?
A ship is loaded in such a way that even if a single coin is loaded on it more, the ship will sink. However, after it travels some distance in sea, a bird weighing 15 kg dies and falls on the ship but the ship does not sinks. Why?

 

[Drakkith]

Is this homework?

 

[sbsbhilai]

no my kid asked me

 

[DaveC426913]

It's a riddle.

 

[JHamm]

I would assume that if the boat was that packed then rocking on waves would cause cargo to fall off?

 

[DaveC426913]

I would assume that if the boat was that packed then rocking on waves would cause cargo to fall off?

Well, since a single coin would sink the ship, I think we'll have to ignore rocking. But I think you're on the right track. After traveling some distance at sea, I suspect some things on the ship will be used up and make it lighter.

My solution:
It is a diesel ship and, after some distance, more than 15kg of fuel has been used up.

 

[zoobyshoe]

My solution:
It is a diesel ship and, after some distance, more than 15kg of fuel has been used up.

That, or they used up more than 15 kgs of bullets shooting at the bird.

 

[Jobrag]

The ship was loaded in a fresh water river then moved into the open saltwater sea.

 

[Borek]

It run aground.

 

[DrStupid]

It was a Rai coin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones]

 

[DaveC426913]

The ship was loaded in a fresh water river then moved into the open saltwater sea.

Ooh! Good one!

 

[tiny-tim]

… a bird weighing 15 kg dies and falls on the ship but the ship does not sinks. Why?

if the bird had been flying around in the hold, it would make no difference

 

[DaveC426913]

if the bird had been flying around in the hold, it would make no difference

Ooh. Another good one.

 

[DaveC426913]

Ahah. I just figured it out. A clever riddle.

Spoiler

The bird was not flying - which is what we've been assuming. The bird came aboard the ship in a cage.
There is no such thing as a flying 15kg bird.
It was a turkey, and it was killed for Thanksgiving.

 

[rollcast]

The crew all chundered 15kg worth of lunch over the side of the boat at the sight of the dead bird?

 

[tiny-tim]

oooh good one, dave!

yes, see http://www.kcc.org.nz/albatross

 

[DrStupid]

Spoiler

There is no such thing as a flying 15kg bird.

Spoiler

How about an Andean Condor?

 

[Borek]

Spoiler

There is no such thing as a flying 15kg bird.

Mute swan and some bustards fly at nearly 20 kg.

There was a mute swan found in Poland that weighted 23 kg, although there are no reports about it flying.

 

[Dale]

A ship is loaded in such a way that even if a single coin is loaded on it more, the ship will sink.

Perhaps the coin and all of the load was placed on the port side so that the ship was listing severely to port, but the bird fell on the starboard side.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Mute swan and some bustards fly at nearly 20 kg.

There was a mute swan found in Poland that weighted 23 kg, although there are no reports about it flying.

There's a more obvious suspect for the bird, this being at sea:

Pelicans are large birds with large pouched bills. The smallest is the Brown Pelican (P. occidentalis), small individuals of which can be as little as 2.75 kg (6 lb), 106 cm (42 in) long and can have a wingspan of as little as 1.83 m (6 ft). The largest is believed to be the Dalmatian Pelican (P. crispus), at up to 15 kg (33 lb), 183 cm (72 in) long, with a maximum wingspan of 3 meters (nearly 10 foot). The Australian Pelican has the longest bill of any bird.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican

 

[Per Oni]

Was it a legless sea pirate’s parrot falling out of its lookout mast-cage?

 

[tiny-tim]

aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ………………

 

[Borek]

There's a more obvious suspect for the bird, this being at sea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican

Swans are migratory and they do fly over seas

 

[mrspeedybob]

My daughter suggested the boat may be hydroplaning once underway, she's 10.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Swans are migratory and they do fly over seas

I wasn't saying it couldn't have been a swan, I was saying a more likely suspect is the pelican, due to its mass and its being a sea bird.

 

[DaveC426913]

Spoiler

How about an Andean Condor?

Mute swan and some bustards fly at nearly 20 kg.

There was a mute swan found in Poland that weighted 23 kg, although there are no reports about it flying.

Hrmph. Didn't do my research thoroughly enough. My results for 'largest flying bird' were obviously in error.

Nonetheless, my solution still stands as viable. And I like it because not only does it explain how the ship didn't sink but also why the bird was there, why it died and why it wasn't just any 15kg bird.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Hrmph. Didn't do my research thoroughly enough. My results for 'largest flying bird' were obviously in error.

Nonetheless, my solution still stands as viable. And I like it because not only does it explain how the ship didn't sink but also why the bird was there, why it died and why it wasn't just any 15kg bird.

It's a good solution except possibly for the mention of thanksgiving. The OP's name suggests the riddle might well have been generated outside the US.