The Engineering of the Drinking Bird

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[Rebelbase]

Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a light bulb or by "drinking" whiskey.

Video Here.

[Rebelbase]

I was mystified by these things when I was a kid.

[Gary from Dayton]

I haven’t seen one of those in decades. I remember them being yellow.

[KarlInOhio]

Do not drop the bird. Whatever liquid is in the bulb does nasty things to vinyl flooring

[Rebelbase]

[dfwgator]

Have you heard about the bird?

[Rebelbase]

The liquid is a solvent called dicloromethane.

[Jet Jaguar]

Everybody’s heard about the bird!

[Track9]

Everybody knows about the bird.

[D Rider]

Everybody knows that the bird is the word.

[SamAdams76]

Has anybody heard the bird?

[dfwgator]

[Larry Lucido]

Worked for Homer Simpson.

[lee martell]

How appropriate that the expert on the Drinking Bird
is named Bill.

[mewzilla]

The bird is the word!

[Bogle]

Every once in a while somebody posts something that reminds me just how completely hopelessly dumb I am. Still, I enjoyed the video!

[Track9]

Bird bird bird is the word. Lol

[Rebelbase]

I feel that way whenever I crack open and read a page from Bowdich’s Practical Navigator.

[bramps]

Now I want Chinese food.

[Responsibility2nd]

I’ve never understood why the technology has not been developed to mass produce millions of these birds 10 and 12 feet high all producing energy from their non-stop movement.

Energy from that can be hardest to fuel the world.

Just imagine!

[telescope115]

I know the bird and the bird know me😎