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[STOPxmickeytime]

I dissected a squid in 6th grade, and I was totally fine with that. It was actually pretty cool, we took out its spine and dipped it into it's "ink" and signed our names with it :]

Then we dissected a frogs in 7th grade...yuck. I dunno, maybe it was more humanlike than the squid, with all its organs and whatnot, but it REALLY grossed me out.
ESPECIALLY the eggs. Yeah, my group had a girl frog. Anyway, after seeing them, I have a weird aversion to pebbles. I swear, that's exactly what they looked like.

Oh, another funny dissection story. One year, the squids were all prepped to be dissected by Thursday night, so they'd be ready for class on Friday. Except, on Friday there was a snow day. So the squid were left ALL WEEKEND in the school.
Words can't even describe how badly the science hallway reeked on Monday. The smell didn't go away for weeks.

 

[OneTreeHill]

We dissected an owl's throw up in 5th grade.
Yeah, it was nasty. There were mouse bones in it, and we had to find as many bones as we could and figure out what they were and try and build a skeleton. Mine was the only one where there was a full spinal cord as well as hips. It was cool.
But, no we haven't dissected any animals yet, and I won't.

 

[Sparx]

We dissected an owl's throw up in 5th grade.
Yeah, it was nasty. There were mouse bones in it, and we had to find as many bones as we could and figure out what they were and try and build a skeleton. Mine was the only one where there was a full spinal cord as well as hips. It was cool.
But, no we haven't dissected any animals yet, and I won't.

are you sure it was vomit and not feces? usually owl feces is dissected. ive done that one too.

 

[chisnpeke]

In my sophomore biology class we disected a sheep heart, a frog, and a huge worm. I thought I was going to throw up with the heart and didn't have any part in cutting into any of the disections. I think those are the only ones we did. The frog we worked with just one other person (the others were groups) and I made my guy partner do it. No way could I do it. The worm smelled the worst. And the human cadaver someone mentioned their boyfriend has to do...OMGOSH I would DIE.

Some of the other advanced biology classes did a baby pig and starfish.

 

[OneTreeHill]

are you sure it was vomit and not feces? usually owl feces is dissected. ive done that one too.

Nope. It was what they threw up.
I can't remember the word that we called it cause it was a long time ago, but it was not the feces.

 

[DramaGirl]

I dissected a sheep brain in 7th grade... lol

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

are you sure it was vomit and not feces? usually owl feces is dissected. ive done that one too.

We dissected owl pellets in 5th grade, I think that might be what you're talking about. It looks like poop, but it's really more like spit up. Just all the bones and hair that they can't digest all mashed up together.
So lovely :]

 

[chisnpeke]

are you sure it was vomit and not feces? usually owl feces is dissected. ive done that one too.

We did the owl feces/vomit whatever in 7th grade. I actually got into that! We used gloves then I think I started using my bare hands....EWW.

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

Nope. It was what they threw up.
I can't remember the word that we called it cause it was a long time ago, but it was not the feces.

Owl pellets?

 

[OneTreeHill]

We dissected owl pellets in 5th grade, I think that might be what you're talking about. It looks like poop, but it's really more like spit up. Just all the bones and hair that they can't digest all mashed up together.
So lovely :]

Yes!
Thank you!

That's what I was trying to describe.
That's what it was.

 

[::Snow_White::]

I've done the owl pellets too.
Pretty cool actually.

Anyways, I think we might be doing this next year.
I hope so, I think it would be interesting!
Cool pictures.

 

[disneydance]

ever had to dissect? Yep we started dissecting sharks today and in the past ive dissected frogs in grade 4,5,6,7 all the kids who went to my school were so thankful to hear that this year we would be dissecting something else than a frog and next week we are disecting salmon
did you have fun? depends on the year in 4th grade i was tottaly grossed out in 5th grade it was the same but 6th grade i started getting over it and 7th grade i was willing to cut open the frog and this year so far ive been fine with shark ive had fun
did it gross you out? see other post

 

[Jasmine45]

I did that in 7th grade.
It was pretty cool
:]

We got to pick a
Frog.
Shark.
Squid.
Or a Pig.

I did the Shark

 

[imabrat]

Oh we also did the worm and owl pellet. I completely forgot those two.

 

[TinkerTracy]

I'd love to watch/do a human cadaver dissection. It's so interesting.
My mom did one in chiropractor school, and the kids in Forensic Science at my school are going to do/watch (I'm not sure if they are actually partiticpating or just watching) on friday.

 

[RaggedyAnnPrincess]

 

[PinkAnimePrincess]

In 5th grade, our class had disscected froggies.
But I made sure I was absent that day, it kinda grossed me out.
But now when I look back at it I wish I was there that day. It looks soo cool,
lol the frog head pic made me laugh lol.
So I have a question, (please don't laugh but I have allways been wondering this) Did you have to kill the frogs or did they come allready dead?

 

[Sparx]

In 5th grade, our class had disscected froggies.
But I made sure I was absent that day, it kinda grossed me out.
But now when I look back at it I wish I was there that day. It looks soo cool,
lol the frog head pic made me laugh lol.
So I have a question, (please don't laugh but I have allways been wondering this) Did you have to kill the frogs or did they come allready dead?

ours came in a bucket of pond water. (see the picture of my teacher handing them out) they're already dead.

i can cut up a dead one, but i can't kill one. i wouldn't have done it if i had to kill it.

 

[Hollister]

ever had to dissect? Yes, a cat D:
did you have fun? NO!
did it gross you out? I almost puked and died

 

[Jasmine45]

ever had to dissect? Yes, a cat D:
did you have fun? NO!
did it gross you out? I almost puked and died

Omg A CAT!?