Shrimp on a treadmill makes big, well, splash on Today Show

Never one to be shellfish, Pacific University professor shares his running lower vertebrate

By Stover E. Harger Iii

The Forest Grove News-Times, Nov 24, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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Scholnick appeared on the show with fellow researcher Lou Burnett, who worked with him on the study. The work began in 2004 at the College of Charleston’s Grice Marine Laboratory and Hollings Marine Laboratory in South Carolina.

The video, which was viewed more than a million times after it hit YouTube in 2006, has been edited many times by fans and even given humorous soundtracks, ranging from rap music to the “Benny Hill Show” theme.

To see the original video, go to www.pacificu.edu/as/biology/faculty/DavidScholnick.cfm . For the remixed videos, search for “shrimp” and “treadmill” on www.youtube.com .

“My colleague, Lou Burnett, and I are hoping we can use the appearance on 'The Today Show' to highlight the importance of undergraduate research at our institutions,” Scholnick said in a Pacific press release. “[We hope to] draw some attention to how our work may help us gain a better understanding of the health of marine organisms and their importance to our oceans.”

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