Spiders on Crack!
January 17th, 2007 at 05:35pm cicada
When I was a graduate student, I fed crack cocaine to mutant fruit flies. I don’t think they really enjoyed it - they convulsed and died. But even so, I was moved by nostalgia when a friend sent me this fabulous YouTube video.
Just pretend it’s David Attenborough narrating, and enjoy!
You may have already seen this, because it’s been uploaded to YouTube several dozen times. It turns out there’s a story behind that. Check out this article by director Andrew Struthers on the wacky perils of internet film release.
Entry Filed under: Science, Film & Music, Frivolity, Biology
2 Comments Add your own
1. Sabrina | February 11th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Wait…you did?!
Guess who just found your blog
2. cicada | February 13th, 2007 at 12:33 am
Yeah - it was during a rotation. You can probably guess which one.
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