Ig Nobel prize goes to scientists who gave an alligator helium – CNN

London (CNN)A team of scientists who put an alligator in a helium-filled box and made it shout have won an Ig Nobel Prize, a prestigious(ish) award that commemorates the science world’s more unorthodox experiments.

The group, led by researchers from Austria and Japan, were attempting to find out whether alligators’ vocal communications relate to their body size — but it was their method, rather than their hypothesis, that caught the eye of the awards committee.

Another experiment, which found that narcissists can be identified by their eyebrows, was also honored.

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