num_pages: 290
description: Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of scores of outrageous amusing and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.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 Boese details the results of this scientific trial as well as answers to the 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 on to find out...
language: English
title: Elephants on Acid: And Other Bizarre Experiments
publisher: Mariner Books