The anecdote is specific to frogs (and animals with similar sensory systems), and specific to boiling by increasing the temperature in small increments. It's a

The anecdote is specific to frogs (and animals with similar sensory systems), and specific to boiling by increasing the temperature in small increments. It's also a myth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog Interesting that early experiments involved removing the frogs brain as well.