contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 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.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-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.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 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…”