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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#1: May 7th 2012 at 2:54:54 AM

Only problem is that now I smell like a fish

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#2: May 7th 2012 at 3:02:45 AM

Indeed it is! grin

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#3: May 7th 2012 at 3:04:53 AM

Just dont prick the bladder.

In my first dissection the women in the audience cried at the death of the cute little white bunny. I found that fun.

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#4: May 7th 2012 at 3:08:18 AM

[up] ...

Now, the killing of animals expressly for dissection, I don't really agree with. Particularly not for high school biology stuff. There's plenty of animals and animal parts around that would have died anyway, so unless you needed it to be a rat or a fish or a chicken for a specific reason, why not just get stuff from an abatoir?

edited 7th May '12 3:09:12 AM by LoniJay

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Vehudur Since: Mar, 2012
#5: May 7th 2012 at 3:08:55 AM

Yes, avoid the bladder at all costs.

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#6: May 7th 2012 at 3:36:32 AM

If by bladder you mean "Gallbladder"(took while to find term for "sappirahko") then yes, I agree tongue That thing smells awful if it breaks.

edited 7th May '12 3:36:43 AM by SpookyMask

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#7: May 7th 2012 at 3:37:45 AM

No, the regular bladder as well. And the intestines.

... yeah... dissections are basically just full of stuff you don't really want to puncture.

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#8: May 7th 2012 at 3:43:05 AM

Back in Year 9, a few of my classmates did rather rude (not to mention heinous) thing while dissecting a frog. Upon seeing it, my Biology teacher simply shrugged and snuck up on a rather annoying student with the frog.

Haven't done much of the such since, but I was frankly surprised to see most of my (new) classmates of both genders being squeamish at cutting up raw chicken liver.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#9: May 7th 2012 at 3:53:36 AM

What they killed a fluffy white rabbit in class simplly to dissect it?

That's pretty fucked up.

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Fluid Since: Jan, 2001
#10: May 7th 2012 at 4:11:00 AM

Formaldehyde has a very specific smell. Could still sorta smell it when looking at pictures of brains after my first dissection.

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#11: May 7th 2012 at 4:13:02 AM

I didn't think they used formaldehyde any more for preservation.

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Fluid Since: Jan, 2001
#12: May 7th 2012 at 4:19:02 AM

Before we got that dissection practical, we were actually advised to eat and rest well beforehand to minimize the chance of being knocked out by the odor.

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#13: May 7th 2012 at 4:37:37 AM

That smell's hard to forget.

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Vehudur Since: Mar, 2012
#14: May 7th 2012 at 4:38:24 AM

It's on the list of smells I won't ever forget.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#15: May 7th 2012 at 4:39:51 AM

Right up there with cordite.

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Vehudur Since: Mar, 2012
#16: May 7th 2012 at 4:41:56 AM

Cordite is a .. unique smell.

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Steventheman Cmdr. of His Supremacy's Armed Forces from Wales Since: Feb, 2011
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#17: May 7th 2012 at 5:03:08 AM

While I don't get to dissect anything, I once saw my science teacher dissect a lamb's heart because:

A) That was all the school could afford.

B) That's all he was allowed to cut up.

Although I cut up slices of meat to cook things and that's oddly fun. I get carried away.

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LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#18: May 7th 2012 at 5:09:24 AM

Really? One lamb heart per class? tongue They aren't all that expensive.

The time we bought a bunch of hearts to feed to our dog, I had to dissect them carefully and name all of the parts before I'd cut them up properly. The rest of the family was... not particularly enthused when I tried to point out the chordae tendinae to them.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#20: May 7th 2012 at 6:14:34 AM

^I think you mean cool and educational.

So you just fed your dog raw lamb's heart?

Did you sacrifice any of them on an altar while you ere at it?

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#21: May 7th 2012 at 6:18:20 AM

I remember dissecting a pig heart in high school. There were about half a dozen shared between 6 groups. It was an all boys school + the teacher had almost no control of class.

Guess what happened.

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#22: May 7th 2012 at 6:20:08 AM

It's not nasty and mean. It's educational sad It's certainly no meaner than eating meat.

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#23: May 7th 2012 at 6:22:54 AM

Close. People cut up their hearts into little pieces and threw them around. A few got stuck in the ceiling.

And all the teacher worried about was how to get them down. tongue

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#24: May 7th 2012 at 6:41:59 AM

Hehe.

I've disected a frog, a worm, a sheep's eye, and a squid. The squid was pretty fresh, so it didn't smell all that much.

Two of those were at camp, two in Honors Bio.

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#25: May 7th 2012 at 6:42:39 AM

Eh, I've seen worse, but they weren't fresh. When you're short on resources you end up using the same ones year after year after year... and the formalin does a reasonable job in lessening the impact of the visuals by totally messing around with your nose to compensate.

edited 7th May '12 6:49:45 AM by Pyrite

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