Those Atoms are Mighty Fuzzy

March 8, 2013 6:16 PM

16 Golden Retrievers teach all about atoms. SYTL I for one would have probably done much better in chemistry if had been explained this way.
posted by Leezie (26 comments total)

I am double bonding with you because I love you.
posted by BiggerJ at 6:20 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]

Somebody sniff the bottom quark.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:21 PM on March 8

squirrel!
posted by buffalo at 6:22 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

Goldens are such Good Boys. You couldn't get, say, beagles to do this. They'd be more suited to demonstrating quantum tunnelling.
posted by Countess Elena at 6:25 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]

Now all I need is a box and a cooperative cat.
posted by arcticseal at 6:28 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]

I'm very happy that the "But what's inside an atom" part didn't go inside the puppies.
posted by Hazelsmrf at 6:40 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

I was kind of hoping the electrons would be a bunch of yappy chihuahuas, racing around.
posted by fatbird at 6:54 PM on March 8 [4 favorites]

I enjoyed the bottom quark.

Although it was an isolated quark. The scandal.
posted by Just Another Entity at 6:56 PM on March 8

Dogs are versatile creatures. They can also help to describe the process of software development.
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:12 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

Ok, now I understand furmions.
posted by orme at 7:13 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

"This video is currently unavailable"
posted by availablelight at 7:28 PM on March 8

Up next: "37 Corgis Explain Entropy."
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:32 PM on March 8 [5 favorites]

WHO'S a good fuzzy atom? Is it you? I think it's you! FUZZY WUZZY ATOM.
posted by vytae at 7:39 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

As a mild tangent in dog related teaching/being taught a hard subject, 'How to Teach Physics to Your Dog' is still on my reading list. http://dogphysics.com/book_info.html
posted by graxe at 7:40 PM on March 8

Related: A Venus Flytrap explains the basics of the atom in 2 minutes.
posted by blueberry at 8:05 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

OK, I got this to load, and what I've learned is that protons and neutrons just sit around being very good and really needing hugs and kisses.
posted by availablelight at 8:47 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]

If my chemistry class was this adorable, I might've done better than a C.

Granted, the teacher setting a kid on fire was pretty exciting.
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 9:30 PM on March 8 [2 favorites]

So particle accelerators smish those cute little protons and neutrons, then?
posted by maxwelton at 9:57 PM on March 8 [1 favorite]

To simulate a particle accelerator, they just need to throw a dozen or so tennis balls in all directions.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:32 PM on March 8 [3 favorites]

Now all I need is a box and a cooperative cat.

A what?
posted by the duck by the oboe at 2:24 AM on March 9 [2 favorites]

The biggest misconception I got from high school chemistry is that the electrons orbit around the nucleus. I was hoping the puppies would be spinning and jumping around in a blur.
posted by DoubleLune at 5:29 AM on March 9

The fact that there is a Golden Retriever Formation Team in the world just makes me so very happy.
posted by SuperSquirrel at 7:16 AM on March 9 [1 favorite]

Up next: "37 Corgis Explain Entropy."

Just bring in some mirrors to stage that one, apparently.
posted by availablelight at 7:40 AM on March 9

Hazelsmrf: "I'm very happy that the "But what's inside an atom" part didn't go inside the puppies."

Yeah I started to get nervous about then.
posted by IndigoRain at 8:17 AM on March 9

For some reason, I was expecting a doggy demonstration of a two-dimensional model of Brownian motion. But that's probably better left for cats.
posted by severiina at 8:38 AM on March 9

My immediate reaction is "What has our education system come to when the only way to learn pretty simple things is to use a bunch of dogs!"
posted by QueerAngel28 at 10:39 AM on March 9