Swimming In Syrup Is As Easy As Swimming In Water

[@holyaubergine]

Everyone who thought he was actually going to swim in syrup: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@mrpineapples4752]

I....I have been bamboozled

[@SHRIIMPSUCKS]

imagine how sticky that would feel. i have a terrible day when I get syrup on my pants but my entire body?

[@Chlrintruc]

Man I am relived he isn’t wasting 1000s of dollars worth of syrup for this.

[@vigilabo3007]

Wait...he isn’t...

[@gwennnn.h]

Me reading this before watching the vid

[@KEVMAN7987]

I remember when Mythbusters tested this. Still interesting. Imagine going for a swim and having to shower afterwards not to wash off the chlorine, but the stickiness.

[@TheBiscuitFactory]

Who said I wanted to wash off the stickiness

[@Red_Ryry]

Yeah I clicked on this remember that episode and they proved that it was faster.

[@pedroks7756]

@@TheBiscuitFactory Kevin Gomolchak

[@Beabufr]

I can just lick myself

[@neptune9647]

Get down with the stickiness.

[@thecasualfront7432]

I can’t believe this, I was joking not long ago about making Olympic swimmers swim through syrup to make it more interesting 🤣

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

Now it's possible!

[@snootdingo9365]

I was thinking about a little, yellow, cheese flavored stalagmite that's edible! Everybody, meet CHEETOS!!!

[@ThePrufessa]

And now we know that it wouldn't be more interesting at all. It would be exactly the same. Unless you use a syrup that's at least 3x more viscous than water.

[@horacio6537]

That happened!

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

@@ThePrufessa Yeah, but eh-

[@improvingguitarist1595]

Omg I can just imagine how uncomfortable it is to be covered in syrup.

[@LSnium]

You can pee in a pool of syrup and drink it afterwards.

[@angularsaxophone5820]

@@LSnium Yummy

[@raeyan4244]

@@LSnium thats distusting lmao

[@sanuiii]

@@LSnium of course the person who says that is a furry.

[@sanuiii]

@@LSnium slow with trends. Aren’t ya?

[@TayJayMC]

“Blood is thicker that water” Syrup is thicker than blood Pancakes are more important than family

[@abrahonyoutube]

Wise...

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

😂

[@StealthTheUnknown]

That is always misquoted to mean the opposite of what it was supposed to: “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” As in, the things you agree to and buy into have more influence over your life than your family. Make or join your covenants wisely

[@TrueZenquiorra]

Poop is thicker than Syrup. so...........

[@Skoolitz]

@@TrueZenquiorra MOM I NEED MORE POOPCAKES

[@Ben-jc8pu]

He asks questions that a child would ask, but since he is an adult he can actually answer them and I love it

[@CursedCapsuleStudio]

Children asl really interesting questions. Society has just learned to shut them down😂

[@parkermichel8296]

bro just defined being a scientist

[@buzzybees8604]

@@CursedCapsuleStudio Yeah I feel that when you're younger you're usually more curious, and you learn easier too

[@VincentJGoh]

As a swimmer, what I can tell you is that if you were to put me in syrup, I might be able to swim just as fast, but I wouldn't be able to swim for nearly as long. I believe this is what we were seeing with the turtle in the extra-thick syrup. The first thing you need is enough power to propel yourself forward in whatever liquid you're in, and if you don't have enough power to push against the fluid, you're doomed. Indeed, swimmers often make things harder AND easier on themselves by wearing drag suits (or even just all their clothes) and wide paddles. Swimming with hand paddles makes you much faster, but your arms tire out a lot sooner. You can push harder because the surface area of your hand becomes bigger, but if you lack enough musculature to push yourself forward, it doesn't really matter. You could pair your paddles with a drag suit to maintain the same speed as unencumbered, but you would fatigue sooner. (This would be a valuable exercise for a swimmer-basically, it's just building muscle and fatigue resistance over a shorter time. It may cause joint problems, though, because you're really loading the shoulders and elbows. I doubt anyone would do this for long.) I'm not a physicist, but even on its face, this seems like it would require more energy. You can swim just as fast because you can *push harder* to overcome more drag. Pushing harder by definition means more force. What you should test is how long can a battery powered device continue to propel the craft in the more viscous fluid versus in water. I suspect it would last fractionally as long in the syrup. Probably half as long for a liquid that's twice as viscous, but it probably also relates to what the average output of the motor is.

[@susantparida8369]

Wow. Just wow

[@kresnabudiman698]

Underrated comment

[@CyberCactus]

I thought about this for a minute, but in truth, what's happening isn't that the turtle is pushing harder. If the turtle had to push harder, and thus use more power, in order to be able to make it through the syrup at the same speed, it would have been slower in this video. This is due to the fact it has the exact same motor as the other toy and uses the same motor whether in water or syrup, and no matter what always uses the same amount of power, unlike a human. If the turtle were using for example 10W of power to get across the water, it wouldn't suddenly start pulling 20W of power to get across the syrup at the same speed. It would still be using the same motor at the same power, meaning that if it truly needed more power to keep its pace then it wouldn't be keeping pace with the toy in the water in the first place. What's happening, as he said, is simply that each stroke the toy takes with the power it would be using in water should be slowed down by the syrup's viscosity, but is instead counteracted by how far the turtle gets pushed due to how easy it is to propel itself through the syrup comparative to water. Using the same amount of force, it is able to push itself further, but also is slowed down by viscosity, meaning it ultimately ends up the same speed and the same amount of energy used.

[@StickyIckyOOHWAY]

@@CyberCactus i thought of this too, but this is a matter of two things here: torque and maximum speed. the torque of the motor is enough to keep the flaps spinning at max speed in the syrup as in water, and since the maximum speed of the motor is the same in both liquids, there is no difference. (It probably also consume more energy, but im not really sure about that, im not very literate in electronics.) If the motor was not as powerful, you would indeed see the difference in speed, as it would slow down in syrup. in fact it actually did, in the more viscous liquid. the motor's torque was overmatched by the viscosity, as it could barely move its flaps.

[@CyberCactus]

@@StickyIckyOOHWAY Well if the toy was merely able to keep itself at max speed in the syrup, but had to pull more power to be able to do so, then it would logically have to be pulling less power from its motor to go the same speed in the water. This would require some kind of cap or limiter to be in place preventing the toy from pushing its little paddles harder than it does while it's in water. Otherwise, it would always use the same power and the same expended energy across liquids. I doubt the little toys he used in the video had any limiter that prevented them from putting the same amount of power into the water as they did into the syrup, and without limitations in water the max speed simply would have been *higher* in the water than it would in the syrup if the syrup were requiring more energy to wade through, due to the paddles having the same power from the motor which results in an easier time moving the paddles in the first place. I agree that the motor's lack of torque was a major contributor in why it wasn't able to move through the much more viscous liquid at the end. These fluid dynamics are strange but it seems there is simply a point in viscosity in which things stop moving easily, but until that point everything moves the same, like he went over at the end of the video. I'd love to see more demonstrations of the experiments so I can actually understand it better, at the moment admittedly I'm just theorising. You could absolutely be right and I'm missing something but so far I'm still convinced about my energy argument.

[@j0code]

I think increasing the viscosity would feel like switching to a bigger gear on a bike - it gets harder to move, but you can move faster by moving your feet (or arms) less, so it has about the same speed either way

[@giraffe1219]

This is a fantastic comparison IMO

[@lookupverazhou8599]

​@@giraffe1219Fantastic indeed.

[@eatyourvegetables1449]

Which makes me think though (He may have explained it in the video already and I am just too impatient to watch it all) won't there be a certain point where the viscosity is so high that pushing basically becomes so hard it's unachievable, and therefore swimming in water would be faster. Because when you up the gear on a bike, there is a certain point especially at an incline where you just can't physically push against it. Although I assume this video is also talking a little hypothetically, as in, if you had infinite amount of strength to push against the liquid

[@WWEMikano]

@@eatyourvegetables1449 Yes, 5:13

[@iamdave84]

What if the swimmers were wearing flippers? That would increase the amount of the liquid they push against, but barely change their form.

[@caydensaxon7596]

Who else clicked on this thinkin he actually swam in syrup

[@toxire]

I thought he was gonna swam too

[@gamermonster11thedestroyer47]

I did 😭

[@Helixtronline]

I clicked thinking the thumbnail was nfsw

[@pika3207]

me

[@mr.withered5958]

Meh

[@Thomy-xo3uw]

If you win in swimming like this, you'll have a sweet victory

[@AsylVonDuestchland]

😂stop

[@Sp00kq]

Shut up

[@insanramadhan02]

nice one

[@yeet-me-far]

:3

[@ilikebeans3821]

Go. Show yourself out

[@wesleyward5901]

Being covered in syrup is the worst part about this.

[@ditto-w]

2) Cover yourself in syrup

[@novacyther7677]

3)go to a pool 4)swim this is a joke

[@lettuce5385]

@@ditto-w 3) wait for it to swimming pool

[@t6amygdala]

Fuck syrup

[@martianmurray]

Pancake towels would help

[@Lolzmira73]

I also have the I’m thinking shirt lol. I actually got it as a gift

[@lokimarsh-saidin9493]

ok??

[@Lolzmira73]

@@lokimarsh-saidin9493 ok

[@naiao]

me too i also got it as a gift

[@Kilbo_Therian]

Nice

[@robloxgamerkid3610]

I got it as a gift as well, from my grandma haha

[@thog1234]

Once again, I love how you have taken a physics problem, demonstrated the principle, shown the math and peaked my curiosity. Nice work.

[@Snoigel]

I totally agree! His videos are very enticing and once you start you don’t wanna stop! You want answers!

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Actually, it *piqued your curiosity. Piqued - stimulated Peaked - maximized Peeked - looked

[@dupisdisasterpiece1058]

I disagree

[@ders972]

@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n relax... knowing is enough, correcting others' spelling is for busy bodies who have nothing to contribute other than corrections because they are overly critical.

[@IssaalaaRacing]

Better than schools istg...

[@mitchellheimann]

I only clicked on this video to see people swimming in a pool full of syrup. Disappointed.

[@GeeaRCee]

Same

[@mollieedge8336]

MYTHBUSTERS FAM

[@browtf621]

same :(

[@nurseii9018]

Same...😔

[@geoph2000]

That seems like a good video for mrbeast

[@errortoast]

Can we just appreciate that he put his hand in syrup for us

[@GeeaRCee]

No

[@ezvain]

no

[@radityateguh8175]

Nein

[@analidia1195]

yes

[@wowzers6178]

No

[@mlevin7]

I think with the more viscous liquids you can swim the same speed but it takes more exertion. The amount of force that you’re able to apply on the syrup is greater than the amount you can apply on the water, but that still means you have to push harder. So with the really viscous syrup, you reached the limit of the amount of force that the turtle could apply so it couldn’t swim as fast. If you had significantly stronger motors it might still be able to swim as fast or only a little slower. It makes no sense that an effect would just disappear outside of a specific range of viscosities. It would have to slowly fade (meaning that the speed slowly decreases) as the viscosity increased.

[@griml0gic420]

I agree. The turtle swimming slower is not a property of the liquid but of the turtle system being too highly damped by the syrup. It ain't got the gas!

[@bscutajar]

Exactly, the skin drag vs form drag argument didn't make much sense, your reasoning was what I was thinking as well. As long as the swimming object has enough power to move the propellers/flippers with the same rate, they will move with the same speed.

[@kikixchannel]

It's not a matter of the effect disappearing. It's a matter of one of the effects being 'used up'. When viscosity grows up from water, if you use the SAME amount of strength, while you need more strength to move through the more viscous liquid, more of the strength you used to move actually is applied. But at some point, the increase in strength needed will be higher than the gain from higher efficiency. Let's add some numbers to it. Let's say you move at 1km/h if you put in 100 energy in water. You put in 200 energy but because the water is thin, only 100 units of that energy are actually propelling you forward. Now, you put in 200 energy into a more viscous syrop. Because it's more viscous it takes 150 energy to move at 1km/h in it, BUT thanks to that trait, 150 energy from the 200 you use is also propelling you forward, so you still move at the same speed. Now, raise the viscosity much higher and you get to a point where to reach a speed of 1km/h you need to provide more than 200 energy, say 210. It doesn't matter that almost all the energy you use is used to proper you forward (it cannot be 100%, as that would be a solid object). You just have to raise the energy to move faster, so for example, you will have to use 212 energy. That's 12 energy more than you could have used in the less viscous liquids. This is the point made in this video. The moment you raise the viscosity past the stage where the efficiency increases at the same rate as energy requirement, you have no choice but to increase the energy input for the same effect. But if you are comparing your best time in water, you simply CANNOT increase energy input, hence you WILL be slower.

[@kikixchannel]

@@bscutajar But they need to input more energy for the same effect, therefore no, you cannot swim at the same speed in a much more viscous fluid as you can in water. You cannot suddenly become stronger simply by swimming in a thicker fluid. If you could, then your time in water would be shortened and you still would have been doing a worse time in the viscous fluid. You are changing the problem here from a body with a fixed ability, to two separate bodies with different abilities. That's an entirely different experiment, and one that never needed any sort of confirmation as it is absolutely clear that so long as you provide enough energy, an object can move through literally anything at any given speed (below the speed of light, and assuming it can withstand moving through said environment).

[@cxx23]

I love that you switched the turtle toys between the first and second swim tests. That eliminates any possibility of power differences changing the results.

[@josephjoestar953]

I'm glad he did it as well, I was hoping he'd do that just to see if there was any variation

[@_wewww]

@〆ＥＬＬℹ️🅾️ＴＴ★ wait how is it supposed to be sarcastic?

[@NubeBuster]

But as you can see the syrup makes the turtle float more. imo the test is a bit scuffed

[@ikamu9844]

@@NubeBuster But I'd guess the same thing would happen for humans? So I guess it should be fine

[@roughwoof]

*Am I the only one that thought he is crazy enough to actually fill a pool with syrup?*

[@nafisaparveen4275]

I also thought the same...he is crazy in doing researches lol😂😂😂

[@roughwoof]

@@nafisaparveen4275 *THANK YOU!*

[@bernhardt1557]

It would be way too expensive

[@vioblion2053]

@@bernhardt1557 yes

[@greysonevans3381]

Mr.Beast should do it

[@forlorneater6595]

Me at 3am: sees *title* Also me: I don't need sleep, I need answers

[@andylines8040]

To be fair that syrup wasn’t very viscous

[@forlorneater6595]

@@andylines8040 no I guess not but still... Doesn't sound like it should work regardless of the viscosity

[@mexicanshrek2811]

As a swimmer, I can say that these results are true under the assumption that swimmers apply a constant force on the water, and in some ways this is true. But for strokes that rely more on a gliding lotion the added resistance from the water will make a huge difference, not to mention the added stress on ligaments and joints from the higher impact forces. I mean it’s a rotator cuff injury waiting to happen. But for plastic turtles who apply an almost constant force it’ll probably work just fine.

[@ericjohannsen]

I imagine getting a breath of air in syrup will be challenging...

[@elmortalsoldier1393]

A plastic straw in a turtle, how ironic...

[@sergiotequidalozoya3875]

Lmao

[@rynzoku8662]

im no brain so i dont get it

[@michaelesposito2629]

That’s not how irony works.... at all

[@mogamboyt8866]

🤣🤣

[@CorporalTailsDude]

@ATHARV KAWLE I think he meant that the straw ban didn't really do anything to help the wildlife since that doesn't stop more harmful material like metal from also becoming litter, so the ban is utterly pointless since it's not just plastic rubble killing the turtles

[@jainendrasingh8080]

Everybody: "who thought that he will actually swim in syrup" Me: that turtle is cute

[@plasmathingy1432]

I want one

[@Xilos_2051]

The toy or a pet?

[@Abdullah-mf4qn]

copycat

[@trueredlucky954]

Mythbusters allready did it! Search it up, good episode.

[@eewag1]

I thought he would actually swim in syrup

[@mkmuaqibizzuddin6885]

But does syrup increase the energy per stroke? It's almost like a gear reduction. The lower the ratio, the more torque you have. Thus less energy needed per turn. Syrup is like this case but the opposite. Need explanation. Halp

[@Ryannn1212]

My iq is not so high

[@vittoriopaonessa]

@@Ryannn1212 it's not your iq is your knowledge

[@shikharkumar734]

@@vittoriopaonessa bruh

[@xxzoroxx4840]

Syrup with not require more energy per stroke... Because if u think about it the speed of movement is the same in both liquids... If it required more energy per stroke then there would have been a reduction in speed as well

[@xxzoroxx4840]

If more energy was required then u would have to stroke faster to keep up with the speed in water.... But in the case of the toys shown, the speed of stroking was the same as well as the displacement of the toys

[@mitchbrook4112]

We got baited

[@Kingen2013]

Fact

[@bensontedd7415]

"Let's do a small scale test" * Adds 4 jugs of syrup. Yep very small scale😂

[@j4cinta5]

pretty small compared to a full sized swimming pool

[@Jeiquilibrium]

@@j4cinta5 lol

[@retrosnek5016]

Yea man its like 1/4 of an Olympic swimming pool

[@AelwynMr]

And he paid for it. He should just have made it with sugar and water, it would also have been clear instead of brown!

[@bensontedd7415]

@@retrosnek5016 it's called a joke, jokes are usually not %100 accurate.

[@whatchulookinat5890]

The turtle in the regular water is just a paid actor.

[@rorysmith1709]

LMFAO I'M DEAD RN

[@blackholegamer1102]

LMFAO I'M DEAD RN

[@Gossip-Nonsense]

I MFAO I’M DEAD RN

[@nancymendez5009]

LMAO I’M DEAD RN

[@pisschamber0]

LMFAO I'M DEAD RN

[@tswan62]

I was one of the "professional" swimmers that participated in this study. It was pretty wild. The guar gum liquid wasn't sticky, more slimy. There was a big layer of it at the bottom because it was hard to keep it in suspension, as the pumps created turbulence that would have altered the results.

[@Matthewsala]

So did the settling out affect the viscosity? Was it actually thinner in the part you swam in?

[@tswan62]

@@Matthewsala they were closely monitoring the viscosity of the upper portion of the pool in which we were swimming, so I'm sure they achieved the desired test conditions (to whatever extent it could be expected). The bottom of the pool however, was a gloriously disgusting mass of about 3-6 inches of goo, with a consistency somewhere between papier mache paste and wet boogers.

[@robmangeri777]

That’s a pretty cool experience! Did it feel any different other than the sliminess?

[@johnsch8634]

Guar gum is one of those things that sound fun to play with, but as soon as you actually do it's just a disgusting mess.

[@tswan62]

@@robmangeri777 less than I would have thought. Hard to ignore the squish of the guard gum that settled to bottom of the pool between your toes though!

[@Shinobu_slay0]

Not me expecting him to actually fill a whole pool with syrup and having humans swim in it

[@amazingtoad7244]

Me a Canadian: hey that’s a normal Friday

[@LightPlayz1098]

And I have that box of Serup for 50$ dollars

[@honeycomb937]

lake ontario is just syrup

[@brandonlee8123]

Imagine opening your eyes undersyrup... At least it would be balanced with accidentally swallowing the pool syrup

[@tuttelmaster7801]

What if they pee in the pool tho

[@tuttelmaster7801]

Actually would the pee rise to the top layer since the syrup is a denser liquid so when you swim at the top its though the pee layer nasty

[@georgeskhater487]

I hate all 3 of you equally right now

[@tuttelmaster7801]

Your welcome

[@Star_II3S]

@Somebritishguy™ You oof

[@amangill6407]

Oh, my internet isn't slow.. It's his shirt lol! xD

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

Wha?- Sorry, i'm thinking.

[@amangill6407]

Thanks for the likes though... you might as well read my name. Help me win this challenge. Thanks

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

@@amangill6407you can do it. I believe in you.

[@amangill6407]

@@user-fw1mm3gf5v Haha... you acting sus. xD

[@user-fw1mm3gf5v]

@@amangill6407 XD I saw you vent!

[@Bunsdo]

Damn the myth busters nostalgia.. so awesome to see that science and myth busting has found a new home on KZbin for the new generation

[@midgetconi1811]

Why is no one talking about the mythbusters episode where they actually swam through syrup

[@stinksorstonks1498]

Link?

[@midgetconi1811]

@@stinksorstonks1498 you can literally just look up "mythbusters swimming in syrup" and you find clips from the episode but here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5ObY4uYZqhrpdU

[@stinksorstonks1498]

@@midgetconi1811 lmao i was lazy ty

[@nurseii9018]

@@midgetconi1811 bro you made me scream “I hate you” so early in the morning 😭 I’m never gonna click on a link again..

[@preciousmariepenuliar209]

@@midgetconi1811 I hate myself I clicked instantly and did not look at the link which I memorized I am sad

[@mint4876]

"The turtle could barely get through that syrup" is my new favorite quote that I'm sure no one has ever said before

[@spacejesus4747]

Me- *Swims in syrup* "You see, I'm something of a scientist myself."

[@mamtajuthani4150]

Dhar mann

[@melon4249]

the difference between screwing around and science is writing it down

[@andonbailey9656]

What I like about this experiment is that it proves as long as the resistance encountered is equal to the thrust generated the end result is 0. With that proved so long as a person can calculate resistance and thrust they can prove whether an object will be faster or slower in any circumstance.

[@usamiandlumineglitchstudio8600]

2020: Swimming In Syrup Is As Easy As Swimming In Water 2030: Swimming In Blood Is As Easy As Swimming In Water

[@someone8653]

2040: Swimming in lava is easier than swimming in water and syrup combined

[@goneforevers]

Felt bad so here you go

[@goneforevers]

Felt bad so here you go

[@usamiandlumineglitchstudio8600]

@Tia Clapper Brent tv fan I see?

[@usamiandlumineglitchstudio8600]

@Tia Clapper Nice

[@antiacidlemur7013]

-“This books isn’t very aerodynamic”

[@ChillyJack]

"I'm not sure how well a human would do in that." Well if the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 that killed 21 people is any indication, not well.

[@bernhardt1557]

Sam onella fan

[@ChillyJack]

@@bernhardt1557 Who?

[@bernhardt1557]

You dont know Sam O'Nella? Nevermind then. Its just that he has a video about it

[@mrcapitalism007]

@@bernhardt1557 is that fucking molasses Jenga?

[@rrb101567]

Don't worry I'm actually a hedgehog

[@xuestaygeekin]

I thought my laptop was loading until i realized that its just the design on his shirt

[@SuperCalbo]

Me: “let’s read some comments” Comments: “did anyone else think he was gonna swim in syrup?” “I clicked on this thinking he was gonna swim in syrup” “I wish he had have actually swum in syrup”

[@zorozleep]

Ok

[@user-qo6il9vg3n]

I do be wishing that he swam in da syrup tho

[@ekrishnavenibhavvi7354]

Yup,metoo

[@mayam3072]

“swum”

[@SuperCalbo]

@@mayam3072 what?

[@nicktalks1676]

He said syrup so many times it doesn’t even sound like a word any more

[@alexiasimoes3762]

Doesn’t even look like a word anymore

[@bobbobby9056]

Surup

[@tristanandersen4105]

You should retry the experiment with ether or acetone, or some other very low viscosity liquid, to see if something four times less viscous than water has an inverse effect or not.

[@daniel9571]

I was thinking about that too, if that is the case, then I'd be interesting to see what the "ideal" amount of viscosity would be for humans.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

I thought so too, but you would probably want to use ethanol or methanol, because acetone would do bad things to the plastic, and ether vapor would do bad things to you (as well as ignite on the slightest excuse).

[@GamerdevilPro]

​@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio you can also use a container with a different material

[@keltieem]

Those lil guys don’t have to worry about the core strength that keeps them up though

[@jehmarxx]

I can imagine How To Basic doing way more.

[@ancovwojak6058]

Swimming in eggs

[@YOOBEAR]

@@ancovwojak6058 can't forget the toilet water

[@dingdongbubble2221]

I hate this guy ....

[@iangabriel5536]

@@dingdongbubble2221, why? He's awesome!

[@dingdongbubble2221]

@@iangabriel5536 IKR its his content , but he waste so much food and money etc .. There are also people dying with hunger . I just dont liked this .

[@Yuuki1]

I thought he was actually going to swim in syrup but then i got Jebaited so damn hard

[@NTGx32]

Right 😔

[@mollieedge8336]

Myth busters did this years ago!!!!

[@alexiasimoes3762]

@Somebritishgeezer™ that’s kinda rude

[@mogamboyt8866]

I thought he would swim in syrup , as I saw the thumbnail😂

[@jorgecarral251]

Great thought experiment! I would try an experiment where more of the toy is more submerged. Right now it seems the turtle is staying mostly out of the viscous liquid, so the increase in drag is only experienced by the belly surface. As a swimmer, you aim to go as high as possible, but majority of your body is still underwater. Try a toy submarine!

[@shyne7487]

Everybody: he had us in the whole video ngl

[@djpWilson]

I'm curious about the university experiment - did the swimmers tire out more quickly in the syrup than water?

[@moonlight5889]

Probably yes. But they were professionals so they managed to do it in time

[@brentmagazine8496]

How does one get tired swimming in sugar?

[@RAndrewNeal]

@@moonlight5889 They also timed lay swimmers.

[@btgettel]

We didn't swim long enough to really tire out, and we rested a lot between repeats. Also, we randomly switched between the thickened and control pools to make sure cumulative fatigue wouldn't be an issue.

[@tswan62]

Ha - hey Brian, been a long time! I'll second what he said, it really wasn't tiring - swims were too short with too much rest in between to get tired.

[@firenutter1798]

imagine having to wash off not from chorine but smelling like a pancake house resteraunt

[@toolng1798]

It makes sense, in really thick syrup, you won't be strong enough to push off the syrup. It's like pedalling your bike on the highest gear. If it's slightly more viscose then it's like upping your gear by 1 where you would pedal slightly slower compared to the lower gear

[@madkilla777]

With syrup you have almost a grip, it puts more resistance on your body allowing you to almost grab onto something and physically push off of it while swimming. Granted the viscosity of syrup is way higher than water, but they both have liquid properties. Both are swimmable and both can be traveled in.

[@ヤヌスクレーマー]

These turtles combined with that paddling sound is just so adorable

[@BaptizedBalkan]

No one: Spec: "Super-weighted butterfly"

[@Aaron-nz4lx]

Here for that only comment

[@maxmeyer9777]

Ehrenloses Thumbnail

[@footylad6468]

A straw....in a turtle... Well isn’t that ironic

[@uddinmashrafe]

stop

[@___xyz___]

5:27 When people say syrup, this is what I think of.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@IrraCtical]

XD

[@alvin5827]

XD

[@allengillis2636]

I loved when The Mythbusters did this

[@hughbryant898]

Related to this is the thixotropic properties of some viscous liquid. The stress or agitation applied to a viscous liquid may increase fluidity.

[@someguy3549]

My physics and swimming teacher needs to see this

[@beast924]

Lol

[@DitsyDaisy]

I'm surprised there aren't ants everywhere

[@dopatestone5744]

Titles video "Swimming In Syrup Is As Easy As Swimming In Water." Proceeds to prove why it's harder to swim in liquids as viscosity increases.

[@tysoflowin]

He said syrup in the title, not viscous liquids in general.

[@SpeddyTheFirst6969]

It's all fun and games until the syrup goes up your nose or in your ear 💀

[@Ayzlxn]

“Sirup” Idk why that annoyed me so much 😂

[@Jmaaaa]

Right!? I hear that a lot, doesn't make any sense to a non-native english speaker. "Sir up"🤦‍♂️

[@dotmatrixmoe]

As a native English speaker, this irritates me as well. Me and everyone around me pronounces it like "Seer-rup”

[@that1scootboi624]

@@dotmatrixmoe at least he didnt say sigh rupe

[@johnonthephone5625]

Cry about it

[@KoroPSI]

That's what I call it lol

[@emmag5424]

I don’t know if you going to read this or not, but I wanted to say that I really love your work and keep going ☺️

[@WaterDoesGaming]

2:05 When you hit shift to start a word, but have caps lock on

[@GabrielaArredondo]

Lemme save y’all some time. 4:42 shows a man swimming in a pool with *guar gum* which is twice as viscous (viscous meaning having a thick, sometimes intensely sticky/gummy consistency between _liquid and solid_ as regular water. Now skip to 6:44 so your time doesn’t get further wasted. // why? Because he never actually swims in syrup. Misleading thumbnail.🙃

[@andresvillarreal9271]

I would have liked to see also the effect of liquid density in the mix. If a denser liquid is also more viscous, the added buoyancy can help you a lot by keeping you perfectly horizontal and partly out of the water, while a not-so-good swimmer will be too submerged to swim efficiently.

[@ashxa._.a]

Me: thought that he will actually swim in pool made of syrup Also Me: my disappoint is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@eewag1]

Same

[@strisselstudios3932]

So what you're telling me is that I CANT swim through concrete.

[@bro8686]

The last few test in the syrup box were unfair since it would have got into the joints

[@stumbling]

"Geoff, come see this! You were right, we can make him do anything." - Authors of the research paper

[@Miya7Chan]

Me watching him pour 4 bottles of syrup into a tub: what a waste

[@thezencaliff8891]

Nah homie he drenched his pancakes in it

[@kacpersoon3282]

2:37 he knew what he was doing with this ms in the corner

[@unknownpjh1401]

What do you mean? Or what does it mean

[@flamingmohmohawesome4953]

@@unknownpjh1401 420

[@prismx1349]

Is this even a joke ? What does this mean

[@derrickbecker9856]

The drag coefficient flatlines whether Reynolds number is 1000 or 150,000 so its the same for viscous syrup or water. Then the only factor is increased density which makes the pushoff slightly easier in syrup. At slower speeds (

[@cyb3r_fox114]

You’re going to need a lot of pancakes to take care of all that syrup

[@BobBob-qm7vr]

I was came here to see someone swim in syrup. Nobody swam in syrup

[@Archiezetter]

Let’s take time to appreciate that he put his hand in syrup for us

[@syrup-]

No, I didn't.

[@zukodude487987]

The turtle had syrip leaking which might create dragon on the turbines.

[@JohnDoe-jo7mf]

Your shirt even though its a still image in my head its playing a loading animation lol, cool shirt!

[@cke900]

Same

[@thaanuvi]

On the long run would it make the swimmer more tired to swim in a more viscous liquid or not

[@beady123]

I'd say no as the turtle traveled at the same speed. If pushing was harder (and therefore more tyring) it would have gone slower as it can only push at one speed.

[@DadaIorian]

There’s an optimal viscosity that allows more of your limb energy to transfer into forward movement. Each person's own swimming strength would determine how viscous that is.

[@hctaz]

@@beady123 I assume it would matter how viscous the fluid was. The turtle in pure syrup didn’t produce enough force to move through it hardly at all, but I wonder how a human would faire? The turtle is obviously a mechanical toy meant to move through water. A human can adapt. Maybe swimming normally through pure syrup doesn’t work as well but you can adjust your technique to compensate in some other way. Who knows. I don’t think humans are going to value swimming through syrup enough to master the art lol

[@chickenpork5119]

That shirt gives me anxiety... keep thinking that the video was loading lmfao.

[@Pengochan]

When comparing swimming in water vs. Syeup, isn't the first question, what is kept constant, the frequency of strokes vs. the energy exertion? It's also important to keep the density the same to avoid differences in buoyancy.

[@kalebmcelhaney5462]

Imagine sinking in this and thinking that this is the end I’m dieing in syrup

[@TERMINADA]

His shirt is lying

[@swisswoof5132]

2:38 Mad respect for the syrup for giving us a funny number 😆😆😆

[@swisswoof5132]

@Tia Clapper it was 420 the 2nd funny number hahahahahaha 😆😆😆

[@AtLeastThreeCharacters.]

i was just about to say that lol

[@swisswoof5132]

@@AtLeastThreeCharacters. oof sry 💀

[@bjorn564]

The Mythbusters already tested this in 2009. Episode 118. It was PLAUSIBLE Adam and Jamie began by digging two long trenches and lining them with plastic sheeting to serve as swimming pools. They filled one with water and the other with high-viscosity syrup made from 750 pounds (340 kg) of guar gum and 10,000 US gallons (38,000 L) of water. Adam and Jamie each swam three lengths in the water to establish their average times, then did the same in the syrup. Adam’s time in syrup was 28% slower than in water; Jamie tired quickly and withdrew from further testing. They also performed tests with other syrup formulas with lower viscosity. Adam again swam three lengths in each pool and found that his syrup time was now only 2.8% to 5.4% slower than in water. Next, they invited Olympic gold medalist swimmer Nathan Adrian swim through each substance. Nathan’s times were erratic because his technique was so highly honed for pure water, and his results were thrown out. Based on the results for light and medium syrup, which they considered to be within the margin of error for their testing method, Adam and Jamie declared the myth plausible.

[@devansharora2323]

It’s just like cycling in a high gear You will reach the same speed But you will have to apply more force Maybe?

[@messiah7112]

Thats what im thinking aswel

[@DenkyManner]

More force but legs move slower to reach the same speed.

[@devansharora2323]

@@DenkyManner yes That is because the gear is smaller That means that with every rotation of the main gear (one attached with the pedal) the smaller gear will take up more than one rotation But the tire and the small gear is in direct contact. And with every rotation of the tire the smaller gear will rotate just once Therefore the tire will also rotate more than once with every rotation of the main gear Hence for achieving a certain rpm X you will have to pedal less that X times Hence the legs move slower And Rpm and speed are directly proportional in this case

[@skyguy1236]

@@devansharora2323 maybe i didn't focus, but he compared the toys swimming at the same speed although they were identical in function

[@devansharora2323]

@@skyguy1236 Actually the distance covered was less, and so was the speed Therefore the slight difference in the flapping speed of the 2 toys was not noticeable I think so I can be wrong So James himself should review this discussion

[@Souvik_Dutta]

I'm curious to know what should be the optimal viscosity of a liquid to swim in it?

[@TheActionLab]

Around 2x the viscosity of water is what I tested and what they used in the study

[@TheRainHarvester]

Good question! At some point, the drag will be too high for muscles to take advantage. 4x at the end of the video for the turtles.

[@YbisZX]

@@TheActionLab Turtles here swim ON syrup not IN syrup. Surface area in liquid matters.

[@amilyrodriguez287]

I’m disappointed to not see someone swim in a pool of syrup 😕

[@amilyrodriguez287]

@@kluup1081 lowkey want to see it tho , would they could wear that oxygen tank that puts air in ur face

[@kevinmartin7760]

A lot of this depends on how the speed of the "motor" varies with the drag. In your last example the paddle-arms were barely moving at all so of course it went slow. What would the results be if the turtle were designed so the arms moved at the same speed regardless of load? One difference between the experiment in the paper and your tests is that the guar gum has little effect on the density of the water, whereas the syrup you used would substantially increase the density, and so the swimmer/turtle would float higher in the fluid, which would in turn have an (undetermined) effect on the speed. The reduced cross-sectional area and the higher viscosity would have opposite effects on the form drag and it is not clear which effect would be stronger. Floating higher could also affect how well the driving surfaces (turtle's paddles, swimmer's arms and legs) engage with the water. In any case, swimming at the same speed in a more viscous fluid would definitely require more work and be more tiring.

[@r.a.o.h.]

I used to have thos little turtles! I let mine go in a lake...... I never got it back 🥺

[@Lysergic_]

He swam home🌏🙏🐢

[@enderfeng8499]

But why? *_Just why_*

[@artyombychkov2134]

'cause he can, duh

[@schr4pnel]

idk xD

[@aldoarif7419]

Why not?

[@drakesayshi3321]

In peripheral vision the shirt looks like its moving

[@bodkie]

I gotta assume to some degree what we're seeing in the extra thick syrup is more about the energy output to push through the syrup and even break the surface tension is much higher, where the energy required for lower viscosity is more negligible at smaller distances. So, for the same energy output you could very much go the same speeds in thicker liquids, but water you could go furthest, same amount of energy expenditure would get you less far at the same speed in syrup, and even less distance the thicker the liquid is.

[@8_bo330]

I thought you will swim in a big pool of syrup

[@ldrago2019]

Can you make a video on the top 10 physics and science books to read in 2020? Please.

[@lawrence_chum6388]

So, jerry we need to make the olympics more interesting... jerry:

[@y4sh0]

The turtle also took longer in the thick syrup because its movement range is just rotating and the shape of the wing is a spoon, so it had a hardtime rotating under the syrup