Levitating frog

This is a LIVE frog. An object does not need to be superconducting to levitate. Normal things, even humans, can do it as well, if placed in a strong magnetic field. Although the majority of ordinary materials, such as wood or plastic, seem to be non-magnetic, they, too, expel a very small portion (0.00001) of an applied magnetic field, i.e. exhibit very weak diamagnetism. The molecular magnetism is very weak (millions times weaker than ferromagnetism) and usually remains unnoticed in everyday life, thereby producing the wrong impression that materials around us are mainly nonmagnetic. But they are all magnetic. It is just that magnetic fields required to levitate all these "nonmagnetic" materials have to be approximately 100 times larger than for the case of, say, superconductors. This experiment was conducted at the Nijmegen High Field Magnet Laboratory.

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[FreonRose]

so its true what the muppets said. Kermit really was abducted for experimentation

[Jookkor]

I am glad to se that frog is finally being punished for its crimes

[cecerchio]

"Shame on you! Poor little frog suffering in the name of science! You sick sadist deserve the most painful of deaths!"

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(If animal right campaigners used the same empathy with frogs as with cuter looking animals)

[timothymanzella]

Your vid is a favorite on Praia

[Tuckerscreator]

Frogger IN 3-D!!!

[hughpower123]

This is cruel. The scientists should of done it on something dead, so as to not put the frog through a great amount of pain and stress.

[arky3000]

when i said about this to my science teacher like 1996, she didnt believe me and thought i was insane!

[Darktheus]

why an arm is missing ?

[tulp35000]

more like an air tunnel.

[freshburritos]

he licked himself

[LuciferAmadeus]

@harriisnotinabox Mag N tits?

[SepherStar]

It's missing an arm...did a french guy taste it or something?