Did that frog really boil?

Here’s why you get to decide

Photo by Jack Hamilton on Unsplash

You know the story: a frog placed in a pot of tepid water will not perceive the danger of temperatures rising and will end up boiled to death in a situation it could have escaped.

Biologically, this premise is false. A frog’s primary thermoregulation strategy is to change environments to maintain its body temperature. It would naturally jump…