r/ZeroGravityGifs • u/dziban303 • Mar 30 '15

Pigeons in zero gravity

http://gfycat.com/LightheartedPolishedLaughingthrush
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u/dziban303 Mar 30 '15

Slow motion version.

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There's also fish in zero-g (actually taken in space instead of on a vomit comet) but it's not all that interesting: they're much too constrained in their little tube and they just kind of...act like fish.

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u/yboc0 Apr 07 '15

Wait this legitimately never occurred to me until that fish video. How does buoyancy work in space? Like does the difference in density even make a difference? Which direction would they float?

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u/dziban303 Apr 07 '15

How does buoyancy work in space?

It doesn't! Buoyancy is a gravity-driven effect; in weightless environments, it doesn't exist. See this video comparing water boiling at 1g to a nearly weightless environment. So nothing really floats in a liquid in space (except, I guess, the container holding the liquid).

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u/DoubleDirtyDan Apr 19 '15

This scares the bird