contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 7 months agoTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1309arrow-down1external-linkTIL scientists stepped on 175 rattlesnakes with a fake leg to see how many would bite. The study found that only 6 bit. The rest just froze or tried to wiggle away. Snakes just want to be left alone.www.npr.orgcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 7 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish61•7 months agoThis is one of those lines of research that started with 3 postdocs, a couple bottles of wine, and the sentence, “I’ll bet you I could get a grant to…”
This is one of those lines of research that started with 3 postdocs, a couple bottles of wine, and the sentence, “I’ll bet you I could get a grant to…”