Sperm vs. Sperm Whale: Exploring the Physics of Two Very Different Creatures 🐋

Join Aatish Bhatia from TED-Ed as he dives into the fascinating physics behind tiny sperm cells and massive sperm whales, highlighting the role of Reynolds number in their movement and behavior.

Sperm vs. Sperm Whale: Exploring the Physics of Two Very Different Creatures 🐋
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Sperm vs. Sperm Whale: Exploring the Physics of Two Very Different Creatures 🐋

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Aatish Bhatia of TED-Ed asks the question, how are the physics of a single sperm and sperm whale different? <br /><br />It’s all comes down to the Reynolds number. For a huge whale, a single stroke of its tail can propel it extremely far in the water. But for micro-organisms like a sperm, moving through water molecules that are nearly its same size can be extremely difficult. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9g4gRWkFTs

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Sep 24, 2013

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