Posted by Ted on February 4, 2003, at 15:37:43
In reply to Re: formaldehyde animals » IsoM, posted by Dinah on February 4, 2003, at 13:56:49
I was never interested in the dissection part of biology class in high school, but I did it. A family friend, starting when only a young teen, would enthusiatically disseect anything. When we would go to the beach and our fathers caught fish, she would dissect the fish in the process of cleaning it. She would *really* dissect it, down to removing the corneas and lenses from the eyes, opening the stomach, etc. and she would get sea anemones, sea cucumbers, sea slugs (nudibranchs), etc. to dissect. She was careful and observant. She was fascinated by it.
Her job now? Flight attendant for a major airline.
My parents grew up on farms and they have all sorts of yucky stories to tell. My sister's husband still raises chickens, pigs, goats, and cows and makes his own cheese, yoghurt, ham, bacon, and cut meats and sausages. His is completely different (better) from commercial meat products. I have visited them when he was slaughtering "out back", which was really right in front of the front door to the house (but about 20 m away). Gross is not strong enough a word.
Oh, and related to "conscientous objector" status in high school, our teacher allowed it, but the penalty was to write a 10 page detailed report, which was *much* more painful than just doing the dissection. We only had to do a frog anyway.
Ted
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