
The intrepid researchers at the University of Oklahoma tested the old adage about how if you put a frog in boiling water he'll jump right out, but if you put him in cold water and slowly warm it, he'll be lulled into a false sense of security until it's too late. What did they find out?
From io9.com:
Dr. Victor Hutchison, at the University of Oklahoma, dispelled the myth when he studied frogs' reaction to temperature changes in water. He followed the procedure outlined for a proper frog-boiling; put a frog in cold water, and gradually warmed the water up. (He stopped well before the boiling point.) The frogs most definitely did jump out when the water got too warm for them.
Read the rest
here. (And no, no frogs were boiled to test the other part of the adage.)
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