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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#26: May 7th 2012 at 6:44:56 AM

What's PETA's stance on dissection?

Against it, I assume.

But what're vets supposed to do?

Human doctors get to work on human cadavers.

Animals can't donate their bodies to science.

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#27: May 7th 2012 at 6:50:35 AM

Dissection I can justify, somehow, but vivisection is a bit much.

edited 7th May '12 6:50:48 AM by Pyrite

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#28: May 7th 2012 at 7:09:17 AM

We dissected cow's eyes in middle school. The school got them for free from the slaughterhouse IIRC.

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#29: May 7th 2012 at 4:12:51 PM

I dissected a fetal pig in high school and a cat in college freshman year. The smell wasn't that bad, until I cut open the cat's stomach. -gags-

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#30: May 7th 2012 at 5:04:53 PM

Throwing you heart around is the best way to be get it cut up.sad

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#31: May 7th 2012 at 5:09:17 PM

When I was a kid I loved dissecting worms. The only other thing I dissected was a frog for Biology class a couple of years ago. I was the only person in my group who would actually do it. I don't remember much else, so it wasn't a fun or terrible experience I'd say.

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#32: May 7th 2012 at 5:48:01 PM

Dissecting shark stomachs can be pretty interesting. My bio professor once offered bonus points if we managed to either reconstruct or identify a creature from the parts that we found.

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#33: May 7th 2012 at 9:05:31 PM

I dissected a fish in fifth grade and a frog that had been soaking in formaldehyde in my teacher's storage closet since the beginning of the year. Neither were too bad, but my teacher rinsed the frogs in water and got rid of that wonderful formaldehyde aroma.

When I take anatomy next year, I'm going to get to dissect a cat, a worm, and probably some other things. Which reminds me- today, there was an announcement at my school to dismiss the anatomy students who were going on the 'cadaver field trip'. I can only imagine what that's about.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#34: May 7th 2012 at 9:08:52 PM

I was the only one able to do the frog and worm dissections in my group I now remember.

I didn't like the feel of some of the organs under the knife, but overall I kind of enjoyed it.

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#35: May 7th 2012 at 9:28:46 PM

[up][up][up]Do you get extra credit if you animate it as well?

edited 7th May '12 9:29:04 PM by Pyrite

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#36: May 7th 2012 at 9:55:51 PM

I remember being the most troubled by the worm dissection, but by the time we were dissecting fish, rats, and birds, I could just tell that part of my brain to shut up and do whatever I needed to.

When I was cutting up the rat my partner couldn't bear to touch it herself, but when she saw that I could handle it, she dared me to open the rat's scrotum. I started to but then she made me stop and claimed she was never serious.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#37: May 7th 2012 at 10:00:16 PM

A rat's scrotum isn't much grosser than any other part of a rat, I'd argue. Heck, the insides would be cleaner than the whole outside.

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edited 7th May '12 10:06:21 PM by HungryJoe

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#38: May 7th 2012 at 10:17:00 PM

Dissecting shark stomachs can be pretty interesting. My bio professor once offered bonus points if we managed to either reconstruct or identify a creature from the parts that we found.

I know this is going to sound super creepy, but has anyone noticed how a shark's brain look a lot like a women reproductive organs[1]?

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LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#39: May 7th 2012 at 11:15:16 PM

I've dissected a lot of things =P

We did some dissections on wildlife - roadkilled birds and animals that died in veterinary hospitals.

Unfortunately, our koala had already been post-mortemed by the hospital to try and see what was wrong with it, and they put everything back wrong sad We were very, very confused until we figured out that they'd done that.

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#40: May 7th 2012 at 11:18:57 PM

[up] "Hang on, why does this koala have its front paws at its back legs? And why's its head upside down?"

edited 7th May '12 11:19:32 PM by IraTheSquire

HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#41: May 7th 2012 at 11:29:10 PM

Should the spleen be in the head?

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#42: May 7th 2012 at 11:32:16 PM

And why is the rectum connected to the mouth and the oesophagus to the anus...?

Gah, that read far more squicky than when I typed it.

edited 7th May '12 11:33:17 PM by IraTheSquire

LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#43: May 7th 2012 at 11:39:28 PM

Something like that, yes. tongue We figured it out eventually.

Another group in a similar situation (I think their specimen was missing a liver?) teamed up to persuade their friend, who had been rather slack and missed all the relevant lectures, that no, this was normal, echidnas were just like that. I think she actually believed them for a few seconds.

edited 7th May '12 11:41:23 PM by LoniJay

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#44: May 8th 2012 at 12:27:46 AM

Native wild life is weird any way. Most people would just assume koalas inners are ment to have surgical stitching in them

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#45: May 8th 2012 at 1:14:28 AM

That's how they're made, isn't it?

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#47: May 8th 2012 at 2:41:09 AM

o-o

I'm always surprised to learn how normal my life has been tongue

I mean really, throwing pieces of heart around the class?... Who the heck does that?

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#48: May 8th 2012 at 2:43:04 AM

All marsupials are inheritably flawed compared Placental mammals. That's why God upgraded them all in the pangaea era. With the notable exception of possums[1], which were intentionally created as a retro throwback to be marketed to hipsters.

edited 8th May '12 2:54:09 AM by joeyjojo

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#49: May 8th 2012 at 2:45:25 AM

I mean really, throwing pieces of heart around the class?... Who the heck does that?

Teenaged pupils in a biology class? Kids will be kids.

We used cow parts and stupid health and safety rules meant the teacher did all the actual cutting. Which was a bit pants.

To be honest, I do more dissecting now in my kitchen than I ever did at school.

edited 8th May '12 2:51:08 AM by InverurieJones

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#50: May 8th 2012 at 2:51:30 AM

That was in Hong Kong. I do not think there is an official health and safety in class. I proved without doubt that a drop concentrated sulphuric acid burns through a couple pieces of paper, and make a dozen more brittle enough to be poked out holes without tearing.

On that note, legend has it that the other biology teacher blew up a pig's lung by filling it with tap water. Just legend though


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