Subject: Re: FUN From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Pawe=B3_Ku=B6mierek?= <pawel.kusmierek@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:39:35 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>2009/10/12 Fred Herzfeld <herzfeld@xxxxxxxx>: > 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. I think the scientis's conclusion was: When all legs of a beetle are amputated it looses its HEARING. :-)