{"id":4890,"date":"2018-04-20T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thumpermassager.com\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T13:00:05","slug":"why-do-floating-objects-stick-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thumpermassager.de\/en\/blog\/why-do-floating-objects-stick-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do floating objects stick together?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thumpermassager.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Why-do-floating-objects-stick-together_.png\" alt=\"Why do floating objects stick together?\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also known as the Cheerios Effect, why do floating objects stick together? Of course, there will be science involved to explain this phenomenon. When objects are attracted to each other, there is also an opposite reaction where objects would repel each other. With these push-pull forces in play, objects will float in a certain way \u2013 depending on their material and density. An example of this in nature are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thumpermassager.com\/blog\/dyk-water-striders-can-walk-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water striders that walk on water (check out our blog post about it here)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check it out in action here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mbKAwk-OG_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as the Cheerios Effect, why do floating objects stick together? Of course, there will be science involved to explain this phenomenon. When objects are attracted to each other, there is also an opposite reaction where objects would repel each other. With these push-pull forces in play, objects will float in a certain way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1103,2],"tags":[2115,2114,1766,1100,1105,2116,1131],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thumpermassager.de\/blog\/why-do-floating-objects-stick-together\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why do floating objects stick together? - Thumper Massager\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Also known as the Cheerios Effect, why do floating objects stick together? 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