Subject: Re: FUN From: JIMS <a.cenkgedik@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:44:50 +0300 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>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 > ============================================================= > Fred Herzfeld, MIT '54 > 78 Glynn Marsh Drive #59 > Brunswick, Ga.31525 > USA