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loloquwowndueotoday at 12:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

The myth that frogs stay in water until boiled has been debunked with actual frogs - at some point they just jump out.


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pepperoni_pizzatoday at 1:07 PM

IIRC the original experiment that everyone keeps referring to where frogs jump when you put them into boiling water but don't if you heat up the water gradually was frogs with their brains removed.

Which makes using it as a metaphor for the climate change and humanity either entirely wrong or much more fitting, depending on where you stand.

hootztoday at 12:33 PM

Maybe they are smarter than humans, then!

bcoughlantoday at 12:37 PM

I misinterpreted the parent comment to mean that they won't notice it because they will be extinct!