Perpetual Motion Machines 

September 04, 2024  •  EPISODE 229

Is perpetual motion possible? Join Roger Billings, Pajét Monet and the ScienceLIVE Crew as they explore the laws of thermodynamics and examine intriguing experiments. Can we create machines that defy the laws of physics? Tune in to find out!

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149 Comments

  1. Muhsin

    The drinking bird was so amazing!

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  2. dominika

    who inspired Dr.Billings

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  3. Matthew melvin

    I love this video

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  4. Karson melvin

    Good information!

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  5. izabella fleetwood

    I love this thank you

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  6. Llondon Bates

    I can tell I’m gonna love these science live videos!

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  7. Josiah Alkire

    I liked R-51’s perpetual motion machine. LOL

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  8. Carabella Mae Davis

    I enjoyed learning about perpetual motion and how it works. Thank you.

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  9. Emilyanne clark

    I loved it and I thought the 3d printer was cool!! Im learning something new everyday!

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  10. Dante Gray

    How long do you think until humans can harness the power of the earth rotating on its axis?

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  11. Skylar Costict

    What happens if the drinking bird overheats?

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  12. Alexis

    I liked the way he explained how perpetual motion works

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  13. Christian Ross

    The livestream was amazing as always, very interesting. I can’t decide if I enjoy the facts about technology and its history, the science facts, or the explanations of recent advancements in technology more.

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  14. Brandon Zavala

    Would perpetual energy help the fight against global warming?

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  15. Brandon Zavala

    Can you add closed captioning on the videos after they’ve been recorded please.

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  16. Jordyn Jemison

    I loved the drinking bird!

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  17. Alina

    The drinking bird was amazing 🤩🤩🤩

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  18. Jean Ahmadu

    To answer the last two comments first. [Comment1. It currently isn’t possible for humans to harness the power of the earth rotating on its axis. Comment 2. My guess is the drinking bird will stop working or the liquid in the drinking bird would explode.] For my question, where can I get the tools to make drinking birds? They were so coooool!

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  19. Eric

    Wow! Science is amazing!

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  20. Giovanni j Dross

    Why does it overheat?

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  21. Kylie Trujillo

    Can you show R.51 more please?

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  22. Kylie Trujillo

    I love Science Live videos!

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  23. Arya

    Why are the drinking birds not considered a perpetual motion machine?

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  24. Alycia Laing

    Hi! Skylar’s question really got me thinking what does happens if the bird overheats? But i’m also wondering what happens if the bird gets to cold will the water still evaporate?

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  25. Tyler Whitsel

    perpetual motion is very interesting.

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  26. Skyler Derrick

    The different inventions really show creativity though! The clock that hasn’t been rewound is pretty amazing.

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  27. Sofia G

    I have watched this video twice and again and again I find it interesting and learn something new.

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  28. Justice Hamilton

    I love this!

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  29. Holden

    I am fascinated by perpetual motion!

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  30. Cayden Keyes

    Very awesome

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  31. Kane

    Great video

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  32. Caleb Felker

    I have always wondered how those drinking birds worked. Fascinating!

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  33. AaadyB

    Loved the Ventioneering Club segment! Was really interesting to watch.

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  34. William

    Very interesting! I never quite considered how the dipping birds worked, but they’re actually rather interesting, the “Perpetual emotion machine” bit was also great

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  35. Varvara

    It was very good! I love science video!

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  36. Ethan

    I didn’t know how those birds worked before this, and now I do!

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  37. Sophia S.

    I like the way you explained perpetual motion with a fun example like the drinking birds.

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  38. Lily Smith

    Your comment about you don’t get something for nothing. My parents say this all the time!

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  39. Daniel Pinegar

    How can a machine be created that defies the laws of physics?

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  40. rahmatullah nematy

    this is intresting

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  41. Carter Park

    Awesome Sauce

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  42. Emitt Schacht

    it was very cool!

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  43. lilchip

    this was a awesome episode

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  44. Thomas Gipson

    Love this

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  45. Laiyana

    I love your videos.

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  46. Whitney Parris

    Really good information on energy

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  47. Mateo Rodriguez

    Awesome video.

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  48. Raylan Burlison

    Its pretty amazing

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  49. Alejandro

    Gravitational energy is very interesting!!

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  50. Ashlyn Bailey

    that video was sooo cool I love science live 🙂 lol

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  51. Elijah Baldwin

    I Found This Video Very cool

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  52. Adelia

    I think it is very interesting how the drinking birds work:)

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  53. Phillip

    I like science!

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  54. Libby

    I wonder if we ever will make a perpetual motion machine that works!

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  55. Ruth baldwin

    i found this one very cool and i loved the drinking bird

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  56. Sasha

    This is my first episode lots of information very interesting!

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  57. Gabe

    I think perpetual motion is interesting and I’m glad that I could earn a science credit.

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  58. Alexandria Walker

    I really loved the video about the wright brothers it was pretty interesting!

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  59. Keydi Munguia

    Great video

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  60. Arya L

    Why do we never see R in the R-51 videos?

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  61. Gage Hasselmann

    Do you believe in perpetual motion

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  62. Omar

    Good information.

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  63. Adam

    The reason that drinking birds aren’t perpetual motion machines are because the water in the container will eventually evaporate and the birds will stop drinking,

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  64. Michael Ceron

    “we need a italian ” that dude is funny as heck

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  65. Raymond Parris

    I liked the drinking bird

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  66. Robert Parris

    I liked the drinking birds

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  67. Lam Khanh Tran

    Very good!!!!!!!!!

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  68. Gunnar Bendorf

    Loved it!

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  69. Josiah Alkire

    I signed up to be in the Ventioneering club.

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  70. Carmela Myers

    this video was awesome

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  71. Andraya

    This was very entertaining!!

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  72. Cory D.

    I’ve always thought about how perpetual machines work, this was a nice explanation to the topic, I enjoyed watching this and encourage you to keep making these.

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  73. Justin Myers-Chang

    This episode was very creative in the way it was made, Nice work! I enjoyed learning about perpetual motion machines and the difficulties of them working.

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  74. Baily Tanner

    I loved this video it was so much fun and it was really funny

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  75. Alana

    I enjoyed watching.

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  76. Coy Guillory

    Enjoyed this video. I am a huge Einstein fan was excited to see that he studied perpetual motion.

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  77. Shadow Maze

    science is really cool

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  78. Shylo Maze

    The way that the birds can move up and down without power is amazing!

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  79. Kelson Dunn

    I really enjoy learning about science

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  80. Selena

    I love science live videos, always entertaining.

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  81. ace Thompson

    i liked learning about perpetual motion and im glad im using acellus

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  82. Blair

    I always wondered how those birds worked.
    Thanks for explaining it.

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  83. Lillian Glass

    So informative!

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  84. Olivia R Butler

    😂 Perpetual Emotional Machine
    Social and be emotional 😅

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  85. Tsimafei Dounar

    I liked this video because I got more information on the “Drinking Bird”.

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  86. Jude Aarden

    so cool i love this!

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  87. Campbell Dean

    what happens if the machines over heat? what could be the damage?

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  88. Kaitlyn

    I thought this was a cool episode.

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  89. Khorde Forney

    The birds are cool!

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  90. Jessica Romero-Perez

    This was an amazing episode very intriguing! I learned something new today!

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  91. Aiden Brown

    This is a super cool episode

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  92. Elijah Allen

    I thought that lamp was a great idea! I guess not… Interesting facts about energy.

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  93. Rylie Costa

    im excited for this episode

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  94. Lauren Moseley

    loved the drinking birds !!

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  95. Uriah Dorsey

    I just love the music and intros and R-51 and Tobias and Dr. John and Billings and Pajet. It is all so fun!

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  96. Maddox camacho

    Great commentary and presentation!

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  97. Griffin Kilchenstein

    That was one of the best Science Live videos I have seen in a while! Thanks Acellus!!

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  98. Andrew Evert

    I love the way you explained perpetual motion machines in a way I can understand, thank you.

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  99. Evangelina williams

    i just love it the ways r-51 so much.

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  100. Isabella

    Video was very interesting, thank you.

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  101. Cleopatra Rohrer

    I think the drinking birds are really cool, I never knew how they worked.

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  102. Annabeth Myers

    I liked the water birds at the end.

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  103. Savion Victor

    Very informative!

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  104. Vsevolod Chumachenko

    Thanks for telling us how the drinking birds worked!

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  105. Jayden Bido

    So cool ngl I love science

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  106. Bradley walker

    I love the way it talks about all the different types of energy and gives you examples

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  107. Max McCall

    If a perpetual motion machine was created It would solve a ton of problems, but new problems would arise and some problems would still exist.

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  108. Caiden Hiner

    It was really interesting to learn about perpetual motion

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  109. Callan Hiner

    I really liked learning about the bird dippers

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  110. Stevie Langston

    I LOVE the drinking bird! It’s cute and brilliant! In my opinion it’s the best part of the episode in my opinion!

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  111. Matthew Langston

    I’m very interested in the history of perpetual motion machines. What are some other examples of scientists in early history attempting to create perpetual motion machines?

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  112. Ava

    I love your videos!!!

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  113. Riley Daniel

    I really liked the video of the wright brothers.

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  114. Isabella White

    I loved learning about perpetual motion!

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  115. Danu Park

    R. 51 IS NI (no intelligence)

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  116. Danu Park

    In the Acellus store, I can’t see the magic cards

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  117. Devin Tolliver

    This is the first episode I watched. What an episode! The Pajet Motion Machine was absolute GOLD.

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  118. Isabella

    Why are we not using hydrogen engines today?

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  119. Evey

    Why do we not use hydrogen engines in our cars today?

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  120. Luna Selene Benard

    I knew R-51 liked Lady Pajet Monet

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  121. Juweriya Azmi Mohammed

    My favorite part is the homeschool best practices! It’s so cool!!

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  122. Ryan

    thank you for showing me what perpetual motion is. I appreciate it

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  123. Ace

    R-51 needs some more air. He needs to be on more science lives.🤘

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  124. Ace

    ✌ r-51

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  125. Tatiana

    I didn’t know sound was a type of energy

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  126. Ava

    😆 R-51 is so much fun

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  127. Ava Cleveland

    Yeah it is so fun

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  128. Minerva

    My question is why are we not using hydrogen engines cars today?

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  129. Holden

    I liked R-51’s perpetual motion machine. LOL

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  130. Ryan Lott

    So when the engine turned the alternator, it didn’t produce enough electricity? Do you think there would be a workaround to power the electrolyzer in addition to the alternator, such as solar panels or some way to give the car extra power?

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  131. Ava

    I Love your videos

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  132. Luke Carlton

    R-51 hahahahahahahahaha he is so so so so so funny R-51 needs to be in more SCIENCE LIVE

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  133. Abdul-Jabbar

    That was the most coolest one yet

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  134. graeden brown

    don’t worry dr b my brain is like fort knox to

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  135. Lela Eisele

    Those birds are awesome!

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  136. Becker Eisele

    I really liked the drinking birds. They were cool because they went down to drink water.

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  137. Trevor Fishack

    Very interesting learning how perpetual motion works

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  138. Gavin Laatsch

    How come my Sign In For Credits won’t work. I keep trying, like my name is Gavin Laatsch, and I’m in 7th grade. So I put in my regular information. Which is Glaatsch then 7grade. Help!!

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  139. Emily

    Perpetual motion is fascinating

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  140. stella

    the drinking bird was cool

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  141. jamie

    love the drinking bird

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  142. Stella

    Perpetual motion is so interesting so interesting

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  143. victoria

    this video was so cool

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  144. Rivers Blackmon

    Those birds are cool.

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  145. Julian Marron

    That was very impressive for what I saw

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  146. Megan Hoskins

    So fun I love the science lives

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  147. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

    The birds were interesting.

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