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 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:50 pm
it depends on the cricumstances tht the frog was aquired...
for example: In my High School, at one point we were supposed to dissect cats... now these cats were from the pound. they were the ones that had been put down... or they were road kill. I still refused to dissect them, cuz I love kitties.
If the frogs we dissected were, say, cane toads, that would be fine with me... but that's only because caine toads are over running hawaii... they are causing the near extinction of many native species.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:47 pm
I think my opinion doesn't matter too much as I've never dissected anything more then the chicken we have for dinner.
I really don't know- there's things we need to do in order to gain scientific knowledge, but then again, the frog has the right to live. I really can't give an exact answer until I enter High school and beyond I guess.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:06 pm
Carrielicious! I personally think dissecting frogs as wrong and a bit unfair. Let me hear your opinions on frog dissections. The Reason I think dissecting frogs is wrong is they don't deserve it. The frogs have never done anything to hurt us, so why should we have to cut them open? Plus, when are we EVER going to need to be able to know how to dissect a frog in our life away from school?
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:08 pm
I think it's ok I mean we learn about the human body and if your that aginst it you can do it online. I do think that online is the perfect substitute so that way you are able to get the information you need just not the hands on experence.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:18 pm
I never dissected a frog in school. However, when I took my undergrad zoology course I dissected one on the first day of lab. Later on I dissected piggies, rats, starfish, some worms thing, and eel, a shark and at least 3-4 more animals. Even now I use mice and take their brain for sampling. Heck, even monkeys. I've also seen human cadaver dissections.
I've never heard of computer simulations though. Some people are skirmish so I guess that is good. For me, trial and error is the way to go. I got a better overview of what the inside of the body was after my first dissection. I don't think it's wrong to dissect animals (humans included) if it's for the sake of science and/or teaching. Just have to make sure to do it in an ethical way.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:11 pm
Dissection is helpful becasue it shows us how the insides of an animal function and give us a better idea of how out own insides look and function. smile It's very educational.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:17 pm
Well I'm a person who loves animals and the fact that I'm dissecting one doesn't exactly put me at ease.
But you have to realize this creature is dead and it's only to observe and learn.
You may think it's unfair that we're defacing not only an animals body but a dead one, but again this is to learn. You have to dissect cats and other animals such as rabbits, etc. which I believe is far more worse because some of the animals we dissect are ones that can be domesticated and what we label as "cute" so I understand why you would think this is wrong. [[Considering I own both of the animals I've mentioned]]
I don't really have a definite opinion but I think we can all at least branch from this. PLEASE don't bash what I think, try and help me understand...Cause I'm kind of you know...12. mrgreen sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:21 pm
i really don't like the idea of killing living things(don't get me wrong my dad,my brothers,& me hunt deer,but we eat the meat,we don't it for the trophy),but i make an exception for this.it helps people who are visual learners & shows the way our bodys kind of work. i don't feel so bad when it educational.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:17 pm
I have nothing against dissecting anything - in fact, it's one of my favorite class activities. I do have a problem with how some animals are killed. If it's quick and humane, fine, but I once saw an undercover video of animals (rats and cats) that were still alive and feeling while chemicals and dyes were being pumped in (and no, it was not just nerves/reactions. These animals were really alive).
As for WHY to dissect, I believe one can learn a great deal to see actual innards and systems. Sure you can look at a picture or drawing, but it doesn't do just to seeing the actual thing.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:45 am
Do you remember when we were just kids,
and cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?We disect fetal pigs in basic Bio, whatever is in the jars in the back of the room for Bio II: Systems, and Antamony plays with the cats... (Which, I'm sad to say, sits in a box behind me during my Current Topics class. RIP, Bobo.))
One of my friends is choosing not to disect a pig in Bio, I'm still on the fence, because of my odd-ball belifes, but... A dead pig is a dead pig. I keep telling myself it doesn't matter to me at all.
But the virtual thing might be fun... No se. Have to get through the human body first. School yard conversations taken to heart,
and laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not.
Inevitable, by Anberlin
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:50 pm
I don't think that dissecting frogs is any more wrong than eating meat. (I'm a vegitarian.) Frogs that are dissected in class are there for the purpose of education, which I think is a worthy cause.
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