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From: pinky_lefty_revolutionary [mailto:no_reply@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: 28 April 2003 00:46
To: butterflychildren@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Butterfly Children] Spider, walk forwards

An Irish scientist was conducting an experiment on ordinary house
spiders. He released a long legged spider from a box and placed it on
the table. He told the spider "Spider, walk forwards". The spider
scuttled forward a few steps and stopped. The scientist noted this
down and then captured the spider again.

He took some tweezers and carefully removed one of the spiders legs.
He placed it back on the table and told it "Spider, walk forwards".
The spider, not impeeded by his missing leg, ran forwards a few steps
again. So the scientist recaptured the spider, and pulled another leg
off.

After about half an hour, the spider had one leg, and was pushing
itself around in a tight circle on the command to walk forwards. The
scientist made his final notes, and pulled the last leg off. He
directed the spider "Spider, walk forwards." The spider couldn't
move. So the scientist returned to his notes and recorded "When
spider has no legs spider goes deaf".



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