SciShow: Why Do Flamingos Stand on One Leg?

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Physics of the Everyday course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. It seems like kind of an awkward way to spend most of your time, but flamingos seem perfectly happy to hang out on one leg. For a long time, people assumed they were trying to conserve heat. But thanks to some unusual research, we now know the real reason! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0948 https://www.eastshorevet.com/posts/why-does-your-cat-sit-in-a-bread-loaf-position https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajplegacy.1964.207.2.457 Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/plastic-pink-flamingo-lawn-ornament-birds-pair-gm1157012617-315552580 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pink-plastic-flamingo-on-white-background-gm145909584-5835828 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/american-flamingo-with-clipping-mask-gm155138029-18265552 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/pink-flamingo-standing-on-one-paw-and-looking-for-food-in-the-grass-sgc6ysbnuk70h2vkp https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/domestic-cute-cat-lying-in-bed-sheets-inside-gm1201778878-344776398 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/flamingo-standing-on-one-foot-in-water-82lyvaq https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pink-flamingos-gm104936665-2476587 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-man-sleeping-during-airplane-journey-gm846448228-138836653 https://figshare.com/articles/media/S1_Supplementary_movie_of_cadaveric_flamingo_demonstration_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force/4990475?backTo=/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force_/3775499 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/cms/asset/2a125f3d-489a-474e-8ffc-2a9afbd40954/rsbl20160948f01.jpg https://figshare.com/articles/media/S1_Supplementary_movie_of_cadaveric_flamingo_demonstration_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force/4990475?backTo=/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force_/3775499 https://figshare.com/articles/media/S2_Supplementary_movie_of_a_live_flamingo_trial_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force/4990484?backTo=/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Mechanical_evidence_that_flamingos_can_support_their_body_on_one_leg_with_little_active_muscular_force_/3775499 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/exotic-pink-flamingos-birds-flamingo-with-rose-feathers-stand-on-one-leg-rosy-gm978387582-265932554 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pink-flamingo-in-the-water-at-the-beach-with-clear-blue-sky-gm161869289-23071496 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/flamingos-gm1295505695-389213947


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