Scientists are sharing the oddest experiments they've conducted on Twitter
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Scientists are faced with answering some of the most peculiar questions we never knew we had: How do wombats produce cube-shaped poop? Why are there no spoons left in the office kitchen? And why is the word turd so amusing?
These strange adventures aren't limited to the lab. Parasitologist Charlie Evans recounts, “Transported 500 decomposing fox rectums in my carry-on during a Ryanair flight.” Another shared the time they brought 100 live spiders on a plane—who knew snakes weren’t the worst thing to worry about?
The stories reveal a deep respect for the professionals who dive into bizarre, sometimes unpleasant situations all in the name of science. Here are more of the wild tales they’ve shared.
Massaged hamster testes during a peritoneal lavage to enhance macrophage yield. Accidentally set the hamster on fire while attempting to collect lavage fluid. (It was an accident!)— Laurey Steinke (@laurey19) January 25, 2019Measured medieval human pelvises during my PhD and got my long, dangling necklace stuck in someone's birth canal— Dr. Alison Murray (@ali__murray) January 25, 2019I did that too! We called it the 'walk of shame' in my microbiology class: we all marched to the restroom for our samples. The semester was made more entertaining by the strain competitions we had. Mine, sadly, was the easiest to infect with a phage...— Heidi Moss Erickson (@heidi_moss) January 26, 2019Carried a bag of rotten squid across southern Chile for a week? Persuaded multiple people to comb a beaver for me? Delicately shaved several weevils so we could blast the scales with X-rays in a particle accelerator?— Ainsley S (@americanbeetles) January 25, 2019I let a box of cow liver rot for a few weeks in my office to make media for blowflies— Michael Eisen #912238 (@mbeisen) January 25, 2019Dried numerous loads of bear feces in the oven of my rental house. Separated insects from the bear feces in my shower, assisted by two colleagues and a rusty sieve. #ecology— Christina L. Kwapich (@Pogonokwap) January 25, 2019The strangest science experiment I've ever done? Made water balloons from shark spiral intestines.— Nicole Theodosiou (@theodosn) January 26, 2019Got mice intoxicated and had them fight each other.— Jon Hayes (@JG_Hayes) January 27, 2019Superglued tiny harnesses onto lobsters.— Bob Ellis (@DrFishCounter) January 27, 2019Glued wobbly eyes onto the thoraxes of 1000 freshly hatched bees. Forced them to remain inside a hive with the entrance blocked by a grid while their sisters could forage outside.— Daniel Münch (@Dahaniel) January 25, 2019I feel the need to clarify... the dolphin washed up dead, and I was involved in part of an autopsy. It's crucial to understand why a dolphin dies, as it could signal the first case of a disease or issue within the broader population.— Dr Andrew Cooke (@wild_biologist) January 27, 2019I once trained some bees to play tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses). Unfortunately, the results were inconclusive.— Dr David Corney (@DCorney) January 28, 2019Fed meerkats crickets dipped in mayo.— Katherine McAuliffe (@kmcaulif1) January 27, 2019
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