In 2017 the Ig Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to Matthew Rockloff and Nancy Greer “for their experiments to see how contact with a live crocodile affects a person’s willingness to gamble”. The researchers asked 103 randomly selected visitors at a Saltwater Crocodile Farm in Australia to gamble on an electronic gambling machine. They compared the gambling activity both before and after holding a 1-metre crocodile and they found that after holding a croc, people bet more money but only if they reported a positive experience with the croc. People who reported predominantly negative emotions after having held the croc bet less money. I guess, if I just had just come face to face with a saltwater crocodile, I’d file that under “negative experience” and – depending on the size of the croc and the circumstances of the encounter – might not only be uninclined to gamble but may instead need a new pair of trousers.
I kissed a croc and I liked it
I kissed a croc and I liked it
I kissed a croc and I liked it
In 2017 the Ig Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to Matthew Rockloff and Nancy Greer “for their experiments to see how contact with a live crocodile affects a person’s willingness to gamble”. The researchers asked 103 randomly selected visitors at a Saltwater Crocodile Farm in Australia to gamble on an electronic gambling machine. They compared the gambling activity both before and after holding a 1-metre crocodile and they found that after holding a croc, people bet more money but only if they reported a positive experience with the croc. People who reported predominantly negative emotions after having held the croc bet less money. I guess, if I just had just come face to face with a saltwater crocodile, I’d file that under “negative experience” and – depending on the size of the croc and the circumstances of the encounter – might not only be uninclined to gamble but may instead need a new pair of trousers.