You can put them in the freezer for ten minutes or so and get the same effect as the ice water, but more easily.
It takes a lot to kill a roach. I used to hunt them with a bb gun (in So. Texas -- the giant "palmetto bugs"). The ricocheting bbs did, however, take a toll on the walls that my father (rightly) objected to. m PS The fact that I more enjoyed shooting them suggests that I am one who finds them super icky. And I scream like a 5-year-old when one takes to flight and lands on me. -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:45 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Michael Palij > Subject: [tips] For Your Next Lab Class: How To Build Your Own Cyborg > Cockroach > > For those of you who are handy working with electronic components and > doing surgery on large bugs, here's something you might consider doing > for your next lab class though you probably should practice first to > make sure that you know what you're doing when you create your cyborg > cockroach. > > Yes, this is very weird. > > Anyway, here is one of several articles that are currently out there on > how a new company "Backyard Brains" is selling RoboRoach kits and > materials. Check out the video at the end of the article (which is > also on the YouTube); see: > http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/06/cyborg-cockroaches- > may-become-new-teaching-tools-in-neuroscience-classes/ > > NOTE #1: I did not know that ice water anesthetizes cockroaches. > > NOTE#2: Definitely not for people who find cockroaches super icky. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. It's probably a good a idea to get your cockroaches from the > "Backyard Brains" folks instead of using "home grown" ones. ;-) > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e > 1&n=T&l=tips&o=26051 > or send a blank email to leave-26051- > [email protected] The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26063 or send a blank email to leave-26063-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
