A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24923004

@davidho A helicopter or a jet fighter is more 'efficient' that a fruit fly or a bee? Really?
@bullivant @davidho
They only carry themselves, while helicopters can carry more people? We'd need more context to figure out the metrics.