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Today I learned: > The animals were used so frequently as model organisms in the 19th and 20th centuries that the epithet guinea pig came into use to describe
by nostromo 6y ago
Today I learned:
> The animals were used so frequently as model organisms in the 19th and 20th centuries that the epithet guinea pig came into use to describe a human test subject.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig
- ISL 6y agoIn the same spirit, I offer Tami Knight's Avalanche Poodle: https://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zone/data/500/medium/Avi_poodle.jpg https://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zone/data/500/medium/Avi_p... Among my friends, to go first in an uncertain situation is sometimes called, "poodling it".
- dehrmann 6y agoSame for lab rats.