When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, little did he know that he was about to become the test subject in an experiment to determine what happens to an elephant given a massive dose of LSD. In Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of not only this scientific trial but of scores of other outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.Why can’t people tickle themselves? Would the average dog summon help in an emergency? Will babies instinctually pick a well-balanced diet? Is it possible to restore life to the dead? Read Elephants on Acid and find out!
PRAISE FORHIPPO EATS DWARF
"Do you faithfully follow the commands of every e-mail chain letter? Do you worry about losing your kidneys in a freak robbery/mutilation? Concerned about the tapeworm diet? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, please check out . . .Hippo Eats Dwarf. . . Learn it. Live it. Don’t ever forward another e-mail chain letter again."—Sacramento Bee
PRAISE FORMUSEUM OF HOAXES
"As entertaining as it is well researched."—Entertainment Today
Recognized as a hoaxpert by CNN and theNew York Times, among others, ALEX BOESE holds a master's degree in the history of science from the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Museum of Hoaxes and the creator and curator ofwww.museumofhoaxes.com.
Chapter One
Frankenstein’s lab
Beakers bubble over.Electricity crackles. A man hunches over a laboratory bench, a crazed look in his eyes.This is the classic image of a mad scientist—a pale-skinned, sleep-deprived man toiling away in a lab full of strange machinery, delving into nature’s most forbidden and dreadfls€
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