I recently found a moth fried to death in my outdoor electrical lamp, it found its way into a space with loose wiring. Upon unscrewing the lamp from the wall, this moth fell to the ground but wouldn’t stop flapping it’s wings for the better part of an hour. I’m curious about the energy consumption of each wing flap and how it could go on for so long without the energy dissipating from the clearly dead insect.
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cells for motor function will clench / draw close together when electricity is sent through them. They even tenderize meat using electric shocks long after the animal has been butchered. They do not need to be alive for the electricity to activate the cells.
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