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Uploaded by on Jan 10, 2010

the scientific toy drinking bird is explained

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  • No, mistake... Not up hill.

  • Between barely being able to see in the tiny typing spec available, and my very opinionated spell checker substituting words that have nothing to do with what I'm saying, what I wrote below will probably require a bit of p USA ing over, if it's even worth it. Ven so, to me the mystery remains, once the head gets really cool and heavier, instead of staying there,fluid dashes UP HILL immediately to where what was the bottom bubble of glass is. .?

  • Very nice video. Let me try it, Ambient air pressure in both the top and bottom bubbles, keeps the fluid where it was before you cool the head. Then, the cool air headed bird allows more fluid into his head that then dumps him over into the water. However, I don't know that it's all about evaporative cooling. There are other physical laws at work: 1. Once the beak dunks in, water wicks up around the head, changing the weight as well as temperature. 2. How come once the head then gets reallly AN

  • can it be re-used?

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