Jim: I'm hesitant to bring up the subject for fear that I may be regurgitating someone else's information (please don't rat on me), but if I don't pass this along I may explode (or at least rupture something internal).
You may want to get in touch with Linda Parker, a researcher here at Wilfrid Laurier University who works in the area of conditioned taste aversion, and who works with voles rather than rats due to the voles' ability to vomit. Her email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck. -Max On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Jim Dougan wrote: > OK - this is going to sound like a REALLY strange question. Perhaps > Michael S. should be asking it..... > > Years ago, I heard - somewhere - that rats cannot vomit or burp (this part > I am pretty sure is true). Further, if rats are given a carbonated > beverage to drink, they will be unable to release the gas and will have an > explosive internal rupture and will die. I have even heard that you can > use carbonated beverages in lieu of rat poison as long as the rat consumes > it before it goes flat. > > I often mention this when teaching about conditioned taste aversion. > > Today, a student didn't believe me and asked for the source - which of > course I could not provide. > > Has anyone else heard this? Is it just an urban legend...or lab > folklore? Or is there an actual source? > > Thanks! > > -- Jim > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology (519) 884-0710 ext 3854 Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
