The cockroach beatbox - Greg Gage
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By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage shows how brains receive and deliver electric impulses -- and how legs can respond. (Launching a series on Awesome Nature) "The Cockroach Beatbox" was animated by the TED-Ed Animation Team (Jeremiah Dickey, Biljana Labovic, Celeste Lai, Kari Mulholland and Franz Palomares)
For some people, the use of live animals (even cockroaches) in experiments like Gage’s seems cruel. What evidence does Gage offer that this is not the case? What’s your reaction?
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Meet The Creators
- Director Biljana Labović, Kari Mulholland
- Animator Franz Palomares
- Speaker Greg Gage
