An Amazing Rope Magic Trick You Have to See

Christopher Bontjes shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander an amazing rope magic trick. Prepare to be amazed by this ...

Joker Magic Card Trick – Watch the Impossible Happen!

Christopher Bontjes shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander a joker magic card trick. Get ready to be fooled by this ...
Ars Technica

Can you fool a monkey with a magic trick? Only if it has opposable thumbs

A Humboldt's squirrel monkey is fooled by the "French Drop" magic trick. Credit: E. Garcia-Pelegrin et al., 2023 The key to a successful sleight-of-hand magic trick is how well a magician manipulates ...
Yahoo UK & Ireland

Magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs, study suggests

A sleight-of-hand magic trick which often catches humans out only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs – a trait shared with humans, new research suggests. Scientists performed a famous magic trick for ...
Science Daily

Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs

An illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason it does humans -- it misdirects expected outcomes of actions they can carry out. However, marmosets ...
The Ledger

Geneva Classical Academy students gain poise through prestidigitation — sleight-of-hand magic tricks — in Lakeland

LAKELAND — In an upstairs classroom at Geneva Classical Academy, a batch of Wheelock’s Latin textbooks occupies a shelf. A large protractor leans against a whiteboard, and a physics illustration hangs ...