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From: jeffh@brl-sem.ARPA (the Shadow)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Bottled birds?
Message-ID: <390@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 12:26:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-sem.390
Posted: Thu Aug 29 12:26:31 1985
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This was originally posted to net.physics, but I thought the readers
of this group are better qualified to appreciate it.

In article <457@petfe.UUCP> bobp@petfe.UUCP (Bob Philhower) writes:
><<>>
>OK, all you bird-lovers (P?); anyone want to comment on this situation?
>
>Given:  A bottle, (of arbitrary size), containing one (1) bird 
>(of arbitrary species).  The bottle is placed on a garden-variety
>bathroom scale (arbitrarily accurate), and the weight of the system
>is measured with the bird sitting on the bottom of the *closed*
>bottle.  Now the bird decides to fly around inside the bottle, and
>the weight is read again.  Any weight difference?
>
>Now, what if the bottle cap (massless, of course) is removed; again,
>any weight difference?  What happens as the bird flies to the top of,
>and eventually out of, the bottle?
>
>We've tried this, but after squeezing a robin through the bottle neck,
>it doesn't seem to want to fly.
>
>-dan-

I don't know how this fits in with neon tetras, banana slugs or guars,
but i'm sure it relates.

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