How big are these birds?!

[bubbles394]

I've been trying to figure this out since I first heard of the game, and the intensity of my curiosity has only become more severe.
1.The school is obviously big enough for a human to walk through the halls (suggesting big birds, perhaps), but moreover, big enough to fly through (ex: in BBL) so either these hallways are huge or the birds are small.
2. Hiyoko ate Yuuya, and said he was as big as a chicken or turkey, suggesting these birds are either still small, or poultry have grown in size alongside the pidgeons. Maybe somewhere in between, I don't know. But if these birds are human size, Hiyoko would have had to eat the entirety of Yuuya- she can't have a fridge living in the cave, and is not the kind to throw away good food, being a hunter-gatherer. But there is no way she could have eaten ALL of him in this case.
3. If the doctor can cleave off your head in his line while you're still standing, that would imply that he's roughly your height.
4. When Nageki is disappearing, you hug him, implying he's human height- otherwise it would be a hold-hug, like hugging a dog at least. Hugging a real pidgeon would be too awkward to do, right? (Not going to test this myself.)
5. I don't remember seeing in any of the lines the line '... looking UP at...', leaving no clue that these birds are taller, but perhaps your height or shorter, but not countering the idea either.
6. In BBL during the class lesson on bird history, it said the virus made their brains grow bigger. The birds' bodies clearly did not look like bobble heads, so their bodies would have to grow proportionally, leaving the question, how big are their brains?
7. As a crude reason, on screen Yuuya looked to be taller than Hiyoko, since his face was not center screen, and as a rule of art, perspective helps dictate the height of things. Since his face was not center screen, it stands to reason that Yuuya was taller.

All of these reasons are so contradictory. I don't know what to think at this point. Maybe they're all the size of Labradors or modern turkeys.

If anyone has some authoritative information, please reply. I am a huge fan of this game and I need answers or else this is going to bother me very badly.

Adieu!

[Phoenix]

The only authority would be Hato Moa since she created this, but we can speculate that the birds have probably grown larger than their modern counterparts and that Hiyoko is probably on the small side for a human. That would bridge the gap of probability, say, if Hiyoko were only in the 4' range for height.

As for Hiyoko not having a fridge... remember that hunter-gatherers do know how to dry out meat for preservation, so "Yuuya jerky" would not be out of the question. Also, wild birds are not as plump as domesticated fowl. Domestic turkeys and chickens have been bred over centuries to have oversized pectoral muscles that are not used for flying. So-called "white meat" on a bird is muscle meat that lacks the proper blood supply for intense physical use. Wild fowl can and do fly, and you will not find white meat on a pheasant or wild turkey. Yuuya could be as tall as Hiyoko and as "large" as a turkey but not as "meaty" as a store-bought turkey.

[Be "Coo" Bro]

The birds are around the size of Hiyoko, it's evident in the manga. Or it's just an inconsistency that Moa just ignored.

[Gamer Gengar]

Honestly, if you think of the game's origin it is more likey that it is simply for comedic value that they are normal sized and it is overlooked