April 19, 2004

A Levitating Frog - with help from a 16 Tesla magnetic field within a Bitter Magnet. Snarfled from Reality Carnival

Here's a larger picture of the wondrous and living levitating frog. And here's some movies of levitating objects, including said frog. No monkeys. Voila.

posted by Nostrildamus 20 years ago
  • It's good to see that frogs are still at the forefront of man's inhumanity to just about everything that it's possible to be inhumane to.
  • How is this inhumane?
  • Well, do you think the frog enjoyed it?
  • Caution! Live Frogs!
  • How is floating in a magnetic field any different from floating in a pond? Probly just thought it was in water. Try this: the magnetic field is carcinogenic and/or damaging to the frog's cell tissue. That's a better one.
  • I'm no frog expert, but it seems to me that, even with a little frog brain, a frog would be able to distinguish between a this is nice, swimming around in the water moment, from an oh sh*t, I'm in the air, I'm in the air, what's happening? moment. Ever since I watched E.T. I've been hypersensitive to the suffering of frogs. I boycotted France for years.
  • if you can't levitate the frog with your superior mental powers, clearly you shouldn't try with magnets. work on your mental abilities! wolof - heard the FrogSignal. came running. or hopping. whatever.
  • I thought frog legs were a mainstay of Thai cuisine, not French. ... Wait, now I get it.
  • caution live frogs - My parole officer told me that I'm no longer allowed to refer to my mental powers as 'superior'. He says that, in this context, the only adjective that I can legally use is 'dubious'.
  • mexican - It's not just the legs. What do you think happens to the rest of the little fella? My advice, when in Paris, is to avoid the royale avec fromage, at all costs. apologies to Quentin Tarantino
  • dubstop: you sure he didn't also suggest "cockamime" (sic?)? I'm afraid to say that Chinese eat frogs' legs too. In fact, we eat anything. I've even had lizards. Although I prefer the frogs' legs. Squirrel is too bony.
  • oops. I hope sciurus doesn't see this. *sneaks off*
  • Isn't this experiment the sort of thing that accidentally creates superheroes - you know, a sudden surge of power - self-effacing lab assistant sucked in - becomes FROG MAN...
  • alnedra - squirrel's OK, but rabbit is definitely better. especially when barbecued. mmm....
  • Pfft, Frog Man would grow a small moustache and put on a beret and smell like garlic. /horrifying generalisation
  • I'm no frog expert, but it seems to me that, even with a little frog brain, a frog would be able to distinguish between a this is nice, swimming around in the water moment, from an oh sh*t, I'm in the air, I'm in the air, what's happening? moment. I'm not frog expert either but it seems to me that the only things frogs actually enjoy are eating and sex. Swimming is used usually just to escape from some bird while fearing being eaten by a fish.
  • Alnedra: I'm sorry, but the Chinese are pikers compared to the Vietnamese, who scare even Anthony Bourdain.
  • Unfortunately, it seems it would take around 19 gigawatts to create the magnetic force necessary to levitate a person. Doesn't quite seem worth it. Why, I could travel through time for only 1.21 gigawatts!
  • So we just need around fifteen bolts of lightning? Easy. We'll just hang around at Universal Studios until the big storm.
  • Never mind lightning, never mind superior mental powers, I'll bet I can levitate a person using this box of chili powder and the ol' trusty enema bag. Volunteers? Com'on you guys. Anyone? It's in the interest of science.
  • Frankly, BlownPony, I'm not the least bit interested in your science. (Although I have been Blinded by it from time to time...)
  • Why stop at chilli powder? Why not good'ole Acme™ stick of TNT? Although it'll probably be more of an launch than a levitation by that time. Wolof, I was looking for Unicode symbols, and look at just what was second on Google's list!
  • Kewl.