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i did my a-level (british pre-university exam) project in 1971 on maze-running rats. i soon worked out that the horrible creatures were pissing everywhere and f
by zabzonk 4y ago
i did my a-level (british pre-university exam) project in 1971 on maze-running rats. i soon worked out that the horrible creatures were pissing everywhere and following the scent (and difficult to deal with for a plethora of other reasons) and switched to gerbils - a slight improvement (desert animals - don't pee so much) , and less likely to have your finger taken off compared with an enraged rat.
- bottom999mottob 4y agoI'm curious, if it was a possibility that your finger get bitten off, did people not wear leather handling gloves or could rats bite through the gloves or something else?
- zabzonk 4y agomost breeds of lab rats are pretty docile, but sometimes even they get pissed off when they have been starved (to motivate them) and then stuffed in a maze. no, i never wore gloves. them was hard times!
- biofox 4y agoHow times change. To run the same experiment in the UK today you'd need a Home Office licence, a project licence, and on-site veterinary facilities.
- zabzonk 4y agopossibly. i wasn't doing anything nasty to the rats/gerbils except keeping them a bit hungry, and i despise animal cruelty in all its forms. i actually gave up attending my HND biology course (needed to progress in career as a microbiology tech) because they needlessly made us pith a frog (i like frogs). still won the prize for best student - god knows how! stick with your convictions is probably the answer.
- bigbillheck 4y agoSounds like an improvement to me.