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You know when they kill a mouse in the lab they call it a 'sarcrifice'. There's some harrowing stuff and I personally would probably not be able to do it. I th
by sva_ 2y ago
You know when they kill a mouse in the lab they call it a 'sarcrifice'. There's some harrowing stuff and I personally would probably not be able to do it.
I think most ppl who do it just happened to find themselves in a part of their academic career where they have little choice if they want to proceed.
- Thorrez 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_laboratory_mou...
- amelius 2y agoWhere is the monument to the Beef Cow?
- snakeyjake 2y agoKansas City, MO, USA https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1003469,-94.5952033,3a,56.6y,150.5h,99.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN7CfbamwIC1lunc1X_XcvQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1003469,-94.5952033,3a,56.6y...
- Kon-Peki 2y agoWhat is the backstory to that monument? Here is another: https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/back-yards/back-yards-union-stock-yard-gate https://chicagostudies.uchicago.edu/back-yards/back-yards-un...
- pvaldes 2y ago> Where is the monument to the Beef Cow? With or without monument, It always will have a very special place on my stomach.
- krisoft 2y agoEverywhere. Cattle is a very popular topic of sculptures. Just to mention two from the top of my head: This one is in Oxford: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_statue,_outside_Oxford_Railway_Station_(geograph_2874239).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bull_statue,_outside... This one is in Budapest: https://www.kozterkep.hu/1005/boci-szobor https://www.kozterkep.hu/1005/boci-szobor And of course there is that swiss artist who creates parades of cows around cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade
- saintfire 2y agoBasically the entire United States.
- sleepydog 2y agoI knew someone who had to conduct dozens of these "sacrifices" as part of her neuroscience PhD. She used a mouse-sized guillotine like this one: https://www.wpiinc.com/var-2645-rodent-guillotine.html https://www.wpiinc.com/var-2645-rodent-guillotine.html