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The wikipedia article doesn't really make it clear why it is a myth. Working experiment. Frogs stay in water. > Heinzmann heated the frogs over the course of
by true_religion 6y ago
The wikipedia article doesn't really make it clear why it is a myth.
Working experiment. Frogs stay in water.
> Heinzmann heated the frogs over the course of 90 minutes from about 21 °C to 37.5 °C, a rate of less than 0.2 °C per minute.
Failed experiment. Frog jumps.
> as the water is heated by about 2 °F (about 1 °C), per minute, the frog becomes increasingly active as it tries to escape, and eventually jumps out if it can.
There's a bunch of anecdotes from biologists and veterinarians saying 'ofcourse the frog will try to leave', but no modern experiments to see if a frog will escape if the water is boiled sufficiently slow.