| − | Frogs have often been the subject of [[scientific]] experiment, whether in [[high school]] [[science]] class [[vivisection|dissections]] or [[Voltaire's]] 1766 experiments, in which he discovered that frogs hear with their legs. The discovery that a frog's leg will kick if an electrical shock is applied to it was the scientific basis behind the reflex tests now common in doctors' offices. | + | Frogs have often been the subject of [[scientific]] experiment, whether in [[high school]] [[science]] class [[vivisection|dissections]] or [[Voltaire's]] 1766 experiments, in which he discovered that frogs hear with their legs. The discovery that a frog's [[leg]] will kick if an electrical shock is applied to it was the scientific basis behind the reflex tests now common in doctors' offices. |