As part of my eighth grade science project, I filled coffee mugs with water and varying levels of salt to test the conductivity of salt water. Why this experiment?…you might ask…because it took me five minutes and I had other important things to do like sleep. I received a C and broke two of my dad’s coffee mugs. Pretty successful experiment, if you ask me.
But if had I know I could put a Shrimp on a Treadmill and receive worldwide fame…well hindsight is 20/20.
And somehow this is “serious science”. From MSNBC:
“What those who have been amused by the running shrimp may not know is that they’re actually watching serious science, on issues that could affect us all….[the scientists involved in the experiment] wanted to learn how bacterial infections affected a shrimp’s endurance.”
This spot was featured as one of the stories
“in which the TODAY anchors fanned out across the globe to investigate the strain put by humans on our most precious resource — water.”
Obviously, NBC doesn’t think that “fanning out acroos the globe” puts a strain on the environment. Anything to report THE NEWS.
And yes, water is a precious resource…I guess we’re just lucky it literally falls from the sky.
Sorry dad, I guess I could have saved your coffee mugs and fried up an appitezer when I was done experimenting.
Don’t worry though:
“The shrimp used in the experiments were bred for research and were not taken from the wild.”
As long as they aren’t taking them from the supply that ends up at Red Lobster, than I am ok with it. Oh wait…
Burnett and Scholnick said, ““We plan on building one for lobster…We have one for blue crabs.”
Dang it. Is nothing sacred?
