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utorak, 24.05.2005.

kako ubiše slona tripom

In 1962, three men at the University of Oklahoma, lead by the idiosyncratic, CIA-collaborator Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West, injected LSD into an elephant for the first time. The elephant’s name was Tusco. Their stated intent was to determine if LSD would induce "musth", a naturally occurring condition in which elephants become violent and uncontrollable. After a series of events, the elephant died. There is some controversy and confusion surrounding the cause of death.
If a human model had been used to determine the dose of LSD for the elephant, the dose would be in the neighborhood of 0.003 mg/kg. For a 60 - 100kg human, doses of .2mg (200 micrograms) is enough to cause substantial clinical effects. Based on this, the calculated dose for an elephant of Tusko's size (3000 kg) would be about 9mg of LSD. West’s choice to INJECT Tusko with 297mg was more than 30 times the effective ORAL dose for a human of Tusko's weight. If the dosage had been chosen by metabolic rate, the amount would have been around 3.9mg and if based on brain size (elephants have brains about 3 times the size of human brains) only 0.64 mg.
Tusco was considered as a “pride” of Oklahoma zoo. His death is never ending source of amasement how far the passion for knowledge can go... ahahahhhahahahahahhahahahaa…
Jebiga, Tusco... pavijani kontroliraju planet.

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