Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
It's news because the new administration is not only taking notice of these bizarre and heavily funded projects, it is doing something to stop them. We have been hearing about these crazy expendatures at least sense I was a kid. Each time I read about it, the tone of the piece was "Government! What are you gonna do?"
Trump and Musk are showing us what can be done when voters and the leader they vote for put their minds to it.
We heard about the "Shrimp on a Treadmill" study at least two years ago. With a Democrat or a typical Republican in office, there was little being done about it, other than giving Rand Paul something to show graphics about. Here is the experiment, in case you think "shrimp on a treadmill" is some kind of codeword or sexual slang:
From the accompanying article:
"As far as I know this is the first time that shrimp have been exercised on a treadmill, and it was amazing to see how well they performed," Scholnick told Live Science. "Healthy shrimp ran and swam at treadmill speeds of up to 20 meters per minute [66 feet per minute] for hours with little indication of fatigue."
Scientists Put Shrimp on a Treadmill
To further challenge the healthy shrimp, the researchers designed a small backpack made of duct tape to add extra load to the shrimp. With the extra weight and lowered oxygen, they were active for up to an hour.
Sick shrimp, however, had reduced aerobic performance. They also had elevated blood lactate levels. Lactate is produced during exercise as a by-product of metabolizing glucose. Infected shrimp are unable to remove it from their tissues efficiently and therefore could not recover from exercise as well as healthy shrimp.
www.livescience.com
I suppose the idea is to apply this "data" to human activities? Now, is there anyone on this earth over the age of five, who did not know, or who could not have instantly guessed, that a sick person (or shrimp) cannot run as well as a healthy one?
I heard that the hardest part of that experiment was convincing the shrimp to attach the little cord that stops the treadmill if you fall down.
If they want to do experiments on shrimp, I'd prefer them try to breed shrimp that cling better on a fish hook when the fish is nibbling, or research on the exact time to take shrimp off the grill when they are fully cooked and before they start to get tough.
Trump and Musk are showing us what can be done when voters and the leader they vote for put their minds to it.
We heard about the "Shrimp on a Treadmill" study at least two years ago. With a Democrat or a typical Republican in office, there was little being done about it, other than giving Rand Paul something to show graphics about. Here is the experiment, in case you think "shrimp on a treadmill" is some kind of codeword or sexual slang:
From the accompanying article:
"As far as I know this is the first time that shrimp have been exercised on a treadmill, and it was amazing to see how well they performed," Scholnick told Live Science. "Healthy shrimp ran and swam at treadmill speeds of up to 20 meters per minute [66 feet per minute] for hours with little indication of fatigue."
Scientists Put Shrimp on a Treadmill
To further challenge the healthy shrimp, the researchers designed a small backpack made of duct tape to add extra load to the shrimp. With the extra weight and lowered oxygen, they were active for up to an hour.
Sick shrimp, however, had reduced aerobic performance. They also had elevated blood lactate levels. Lactate is produced during exercise as a by-product of metabolizing glucose. Infected shrimp are unable to remove it from their tissues efficiently and therefore could not recover from exercise as well as healthy shrimp.
Scientists Put Shrimp on a Treadmill
A novel treadmill and a tiny backpack made of duct tape reveal how sickness affects the energy levels of these crustaceans.
I suppose the idea is to apply this "data" to human activities? Now, is there anyone on this earth over the age of five, who did not know, or who could not have instantly guessed, that a sick person (or shrimp) cannot run as well as a healthy one?
I heard that the hardest part of that experiment was convincing the shrimp to attach the little cord that stops the treadmill if you fall down.
If they want to do experiments on shrimp, I'd prefer them try to breed shrimp that cling better on a fish hook when the fish is nibbling, or research on the exact time to take shrimp off the grill when they are fully cooked and before they start to get tough.
