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Friday, April 25, 2008

Save the Frogs!




Nothing grosses the girls out more in Biology class than the annual frog dissection event. Indignation, empathy for the dead animal, and general squeamishness are common responses (from both sexes) to cutting open a dead animal, even for educational purposes. With the Discovery Channel's Frog Dissection kit you can feel better knowing that you are only desecrating the body of a simulated animal instead of the real thing. This frog is made of plastic and rubber, which most people will agree are not alive. It has removable organs so you can get a good look at the small intestine after removing the liver. The dissection table is included and has trays and tools to use to poke around in the simu-frog. It has x-rays too, so you can see the muscles and skeleton that this ersatz Kermit will never get to use. Dissecting this frog has everything you could want except being able to watch the captain of the football team faint onto the Biology classroom floor.

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