SciShow: How Do Ducks Stay Dry?

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Content of the Lesson: SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. You might be familiar with the phrase "like water off a ducks back". But it's not that ducks don't get wet, it's that they get wet, with style. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- 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: Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam, Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/763343 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.1c04480 https://www.tsfx.edu.au/resources/46606.pdf https://news.mit.edu/2014/how-cormorants-emerge-dry-after-deep-dives-0616 http://naturevictoria.com/articles/buoyancy.html IMAGES https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/diving-mallard-gm183533292-14887154 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/closeup-feather-detail-of-mallard-duck-gm157611351-13529105 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/americans-male-mallard-duck-drake-on-the-lake-sylogx91vkckm6b9q


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