February 16, 2005 04:42PM
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Lobsters are not cooked alive to make them taste better. They cannot be killed first, because they spoil too quickly. Besides, their nervous systems are different from mammal, so decaptitating them, or something else, does not kill them quickly. I still remember a ghastly paper I found in grad school entitled "Memory Traces in the Headless Cockroach." This mad scientist found a way to seal off the end of a decapitated roach with hot wax. The roaches lived until they starved to death days later. His experiment showed that they "remembered" some tricks he taught them before removing their heads. I did say he was a mad scientist, didn't I?
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Marduk |
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Pete Clarke |
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Stephen Tonkin |
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Robert LaFrance |
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Mercury Rapids |
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premalatha balan |
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Mercury Rapids |
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premalatha balan |
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Mercury Rapids |
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premalatha balan |
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darkuser |
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Dave L |
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Joanne |
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Katherine Reece |
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Joanne |
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Dave L |
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Robert LaFrance |
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Mercury Rapids |
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Stephen Tonkin |
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darkuser |
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Ritva Kurittu |
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darkuser |
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Ritva Kurittu |
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Joanne |
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Ritva Kurittu |
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Stephen Tonkin |
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Marduk |
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Mercury Rapids |
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Marduk |
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Mercury Rapids |
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Joanne |
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Marduk |
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Mercury Rapids |
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Marduk |
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Mercury Rapids |
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Stephen Tonkin |
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premalatha balan |
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Robert LaFrance |
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