Reny Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 well, I'm going to do it this Monday! Any advice? My 1st time to kill a living thing purposely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Well, first, it'll come pre-killed, more than likely. Second, cut shallow. You can always deepen a cut that's too shallow, but you can't un-cut a cut that's too deep. Also, be patient. If you take your time and be careful, you'll have a much nicer dissection that'll make it easier to find the things your teacher wants you to find. Mokele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reny Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 well, I guess it ain't freaky at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I remember we did toads in high school, and had to catch toads and bring them in to be frozen. They probably hadn't been in the feezer long enough because some of the hearts were still beating when they were opened up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbender Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 In high school bio, we dissected living, but stunned frogs. A lot of the more squeamish people refused to do it, and had to write an essay instead. The classes the years after me got to dissect a yellow perch, a lamprey and a frog. (Lucky!) It wasn't that bad, I mean, I like frogs, but I like hands on learning too. Just try not to think of it as alive, more like, a science project and you will do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drabav Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 We're all kinda fond of our frog populations in wisconsin. When we disected them in high school, they were shipped in in bags of fermaldehyde and alcohol. Definatly none living there. But I have to say, the best dissection was one of those giant grasshoppers from texas. Yummy! Draba v. ...a postscript to the hope of spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 ive only done a heart, but it wasnt really well explained, more of an excuse for the class to cut things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 IThe classes the years after me got to dissect a yellow perch, a lamprey and[/i'] a frog. (Lucky!) I did a zoology class where up until the year before mine everyone got to dissect a shark. Only about three feet long, but still I missed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburngirl05 Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 In high school bio, we dissected living, but stunned frogs. . We did that too, I thought it was pretty amazing to see everything while it was actually working...we even gave the frog a dose of caffiene to see the heart rate increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hah! I dissected a frog, a worm, and a lobster in THIRD GRADE! The only memory I have of it is how stinky the formaldehyde was, and the stuff we pulled out while we were doing it... Although it was a private school. I know of someone who had to do live frogs. They'd stun them by sticking a probe into their neck. He stuns this frog, flips it over, and opens it up. Suddenly, the frog woke up, and it lept away. Of course, it left all of its guts behind. Probably the most disgusting thing I've heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reny Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 haha, it would be fun but these "fellows" sacrified their lives in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 In high school bio, we dissected living, but stunned frogs. A lot of the more squeamish people refused to do it, and had to write an essay instead. The classes the years after me got to dissect a yellow perch, a lamprey and[/i'] a frog. (Lucky!) It wasn't that bad, I mean, I like frogs, but I like hands on learning too. Just try not to think of it as alive, more like, a science project and you will do fine. In high school advanced biology, we had to dissect a cat. We had lab exams, and I had to take it home with me on the bus so I could study it. No one would sit with me - then, when I got it home, mom wouldn't allow it in the house, so I was outside on the porch in the dead of winter. (Paid off - I got an "A"). When I took biology, we also had to "pith" a frog for a live dissection. I dislike killing things, so reluctantly, the bio prof agreed to do it for me. It hopped out of his hands and took off across the floor, to my squeals of "Go, froggy, Go!" It squeezed in behind a built in lab cabinet from whence it could not be dislodged. The prof looked at me and said, "that thing's going to die in here and stink up the whole class." I saw him a few months ago and he still remembers the episode, we both got a good laugh from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 In high school advanced biology' date=' we had to dissect a cat. We had lab exams, and I had to take it home with me on the bus so I could study it. No one would sit with me - then, when I got it home, mom wouldn't allow it in the house, so I was outside on the porch in the dead of winter. (Paid off - I got an "A"). When I took biology, we also had to "pith" a frog for a live dissection. I dislike killing things, so reluctantly, the bio prof agreed to do it for me. It hopped out of his hands and took off across the floor, to my squeals of "Go, froggy, Go!" It squeezed in behind a built in lab cabinet from whence it could not be dislodged. The prof looked at me and said, "that thing's going to die in here and stink up the whole class." I saw him a few months ago and he still remembers the episode, we both got a good laugh from it.[/quote'] Reminds me of E.T eh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 think of all those bacteria you kill every time you take a step Ahhh... I feel the ignorance strangling me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareon Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Ooh, dissection fun! I guess the only advice I can think of would be to choose your lab partner (if you are allowed a choice) wisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
researcher88 Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 As I carefully chip away the unwanted parts of a lamb’s kidney, my class mate looked at my pile and replied: “look he is mincing it Yuk!” followed with the other gang of ignorant bastards saying: “What the f*** are you doing?” I didnt reply... Soon I ended up having the best looking dissection in the class. May their bloody thoughts be doomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reny Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 This thursday I'm going for the real rat dissection test. Last fews weeks during trial, lucky for me to pick a virgin. Some of my friends picked pregnant rats... Some males got organ bleeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badchad Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 My NIDA grant calls for killing approximately 225 rats during the course of my studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 My NIDA grant calls for killing approximately 225 rats during the course of my studies. I have a friend who sac'ed rats for years. She lost her grant and I hired her part time to work in my office. My machinist guys thought they'd initiate her by putting a rat trap with a fake dead rat in the lunch room. It was wireless and they could make it twitch when someone approached. They thought she'd run screaming from the room. Instead, she stuck her head out the door and told them the first rule of saccing rats was to be sure you killed them cleanly. She then went on to fix her coffee and didn't bat an eye. She was one of 'em from that day forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 we did fetal pigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhiannon Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 we did a dissection in class and the person i was doing it with wanted to look at the brain of the rat. advice: do not stab the scissors at the head because they might get stuck in the eye socket. the skin is kinda tough so you gotta cut firmly yto get through, but gently a the same time so you dont cut stuff you didint want cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhiannon Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 the rat smells a bit as well from the fermentation in its belly and system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 http://www.froguts.com <==virtual dissection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 This thread is a year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 wow, i didn't even notice. i just saw someone else looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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