The Cockroach's Beatbox

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By dissecting a cockroach ... yes, live on stage ... TED Fellow and neuroscientist Greg Gage shows how brains receive and deliver electric impulses -- and how legs can respond."The Cockroach Beatbox" was animated by the TED-Ed Animation Team (Jeremiah Dickey, Biljana Labovic, Celeste Lai, Kari Mulholland and Franz Palomares)View the full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-cockroach-beatbox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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