November 5th, 2007, 05:59 PM
Well, the title of the book is actually Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments.
When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, little did he know that he was about to become the test subject in an experiment to determine what happens to an elephant given a massive dose of LSD. In Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of not only this scientific trial but of scores of other outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.
The researchers decided on 297 milligrams, or 3000 times the dose typically taken by humans. It was injected into the elephants rump, to which the elephant trumpeted angrily. It rocked back and forth, and soon keeled over. The researchers had this to say:
The response by Alex Boese :
Well, the title of the book is actually Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments.
When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, little did he know that he was about to become the test subject in an experiment to determine what happens to an elephant given a massive dose of LSD. In Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of not only this scientific trial but of scores of other outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.
The researchers decided on 297 milligrams, or 3000 times the dose typically taken by humans. It was injected into the elephants rump, to which the elephant trumpeted angrily. It rocked back and forth, and soon keeled over. The researchers had this to say:
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It appears that the elephant is highly sensitive to the effects of LSD.
The response by Alex Boese :
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The lesson is that having three researchers work on a problem does not make it three times more likely someone will display common sense.
