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How Much Weight Can a Fly Actually Lift? Experiment—I Lassoed a Fly!

2017-12-23

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In this video I catch a fly and tie a string to it in order to measure how much weight it can lift! First I slow down their metabolism by cooling them down then I tie a string around it and attach duct tape weights to it in order to see how much it can lift! I was surprised how much it could lift!

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