Can you solve the frog riddle? - Derek Abbott
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-frog-riddle-derek-abbott You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need...
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So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female of the species produces the antidote, and to make matters worse, the male and female occur in equal numbers and look identical, with no way for you to tell them apart, except that the male has a distinctive croak. And it may just be your lucky day. To your left, you've spotted a frog on a tree stump, but before you start running to it, you're startled by the croak of a male frog coming from a clearing in the opposite direction. There, you see two frogs, but you can't tell which one made the sound. You feel yourself starting to lose consciousnes...
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So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female of the species produces the antidote, and to make matters worse, the male and female occur in equal numbers and look identical, with no way for you to tell them apart, except that the male has a distinctive croak. And it may just be your lucky day. To your left, you've spotted a frog on a tree stump, but before you start running to it, you're startled by the croak of a male frog coming from a clearing in the opposite direction. There, you see two frogs, but you can't tell which one made the sound. You feel yourself starting to lose consciousnes...
