Re: FUN

[JIMS <a.cenkgedik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We use flea in our experimental setups in Turkey.
However, the procedure and the conclusion are certainly the same :-)

Best,
Ali

http://www.musicstudies.org/ali.html


On Oct 12, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Fred Herzfeld wrote:

> There was a scientist who wanted to find out how important food was  
> to a beetle. He conditioned (Pavlov) a beetle to crawl toward food  
> on command of a bell. After the beetle was well trained he  
> amputated one leg and repeated the experiment. Again the beetle  
> crawled to the food. He amputated a second leg but the beetle still  
> crawled to the food. When he amputated the next to last leg the  
> beetle with some effort crawled to the food. Then he amputated the  
> last leg. The beetle did not move. The scientist was surprised. He  
> wrote in his notebook: When all legs of a beetle are amputated it  
> looses its appetite.	
>
> Best,
>
> Fred
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