A Shrimp at the Gym???
Scientists put shrimp on a treadmill
"A sluggish, sick human is easy to spot. But it's harder to tell when a shrimp is under the weather. So one scientist put the little crustaceans on a tiny treadmill to examine how diseases impact their performance."
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This contribution comes to us from our correspondent; Dickie in D.C. Dickie writes:
"I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS BLOG WORTHY BUT DON’T SCIENTISTS HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN PUT SHRIMP ON A TREADMILL??? THEN, AS AN EXTRA BURDEN THEY MADE LITTLE BACKPACKS FOR THEM OUT OF DUCTTAPE??? IT’S JUST STUPID...WHO CARES AND WHO WOULD COVER THIS STORY ANYWAY?"
I completely concur, Dickie. I think that fundamentalist Christians are completely responsible for this and Jesus made them do it.
And HERE is the link if you'd like to watch the video of the shrimp running his crustacean ass off.
Stumble It!
posted by Kevin Charnas | 11:28 AM
4 Comments:
boy, the looking for a cure for cancer science is such a crowded category, I guess the sick shrimp pond is where you can really be a big fish so to speak. Yay science!
Lisa
actually that shrimp did look a bit fat, so they were probably doing him a huge favour. i'd really like to know where you can buy teeny tiny gym equipment from. cos it's something many pet owners may want to try ...
ok, call me a fundamentalist christian (gah!), but i think this is great. it's so right up there with twinki (sp?) experiments for me. i'd do it.
That's how I look when the treadmill is goig too fast...Legs everywhere.
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