MESMERISING A LOBSTER.
According to a well-known naturalist the lobster is very susceptible to mesmerism. The method adopted is to rub the tips of the fingers rapidly up and down the back of the shell shield which projects in front between the two eyes as a sharp beak or nostrum. In twenty seconds to a minute the lobster will suc-
cumb to the influence of mesmerism, and our illustration shows it in a position in which it has remained for a period varying from a few minutes to two hours. Recovery from the comatose state takes place immediately when the lobster is returned to salt water.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 106, 20 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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106MESMERISING A LOBSTER. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 106, 20 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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