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Flapping paper bats! [DIY video] (europe.pub)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/animals@lemmy.world
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These might take 3-5min to construct for first-timers:
https://www.tiktok.com/@ricegrains_manual/video/7428573915364019486

I'm not a big fan of TikTok (surveillance issues), but I couldn't find this one posted anywhere else besides... the other place. I suppose it first popped up on Chinese social media sites like Douyin or Weibo before making it over to TT. Or something.

Now, origami animals aren't something I'd ordinarily post even here, but they totally had me at the flapping action! So cute, and reminded me of moving hand-held paper objects we used to make as kids. For example, I seem to recall a sort of 'right-angled-Pacman' paper choosing device we'd use on our fellow schoolmates. You'd use your fingers to make the Pacman gobble, revealing some inner regions in the device based on your choice of flaps, I guess it was. IIRC they were all the rage for me when I was 9yrs old or so, but I'm guessing they're obsolete now in the age of pocket digital devices.

Btw, I extracted the raw video link, if that helps anyone. You should be able to save it locally from that link.

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[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is there something specific you're aiming to cook?

[โ€“] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, no. It was just one of the names that came up for the cootie catcher in the post I linked! People from diff parts of the world were saying what they called it, and the one French person said cocotte, and I liked that was different than the other things people saw it as.