History Listory

2011

2011-01-01 From 2011 to 2019, Fox News repeatedly mocked “shrimp on a treadmill” research, inflating costs and ignoring its food-safety purpose.

https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/how-a-47-shrimp-treadmill-became-a-3-million-political-plaything

2025 February

2025-02-03 Elon Musk revived criticism of “shrimp treadmill” research, calling it an “insane” waste of taxpayer money”.

https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/02/11/how-fast-can-shrimp-run-on-a-treadmill-doge-goes-after-commercial-fishing-research/

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/shrimp-treadmill-study-cost-misrepresented-2025-02-21/

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886290989133762746?lang=en