crickets are fascinating.

what would happen if you splash a 2~3mol of HCl onto a cricket?

well, i was about to find out today *not that i did anyway*

so i was just sulking in kendrick's class as usual, being "involved" in labs - her favourite activity in chem. the gas tubes were cool - because i had a big urge to break it and release this gas into the air, hopefully killing a few people off (including kendrick and phillip, because phillip is a fag for getting top mark (i think) in hbio, and apparently applic, and well kendrick..we all know why.)

so when i was staring at the gas tubes (resisting the temptation to break it) i reached out for the window and ARGH!! there is a cricket right beside my hand. immediately, i pulled back and hid behind mary (natural reaction) to shield myself from this dangerous, dangerous cricket.

it was a reddish cricket.

VERY dangerous.

the red colour probably indicates that it is a blood sucking cricket that can jump ~5m from its original spot, so im not taking any chances o.o

anyway mary mentioned that .. wouldn't it be cool if we could manage to get a few drops of HCl onto the cricket, and observe its suffering.

it would be cool right?

would it melt? would it bounce around in pain and jump into the flame of the bunsen burner to kill itself, minimizing its suffering?

well too bad, we didn't get to do it =/

its tempting, but luvena (nerd) kept repeating "animal cruelty..animal cruelty" beside us which put us off. and its an INSECT, not an animal? i think.

anyway this would make a good experiment one day.