tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post3004068983512661641..comments2023-10-25T11:30:03.836-04:00Comments on Long Story Short: People had come to see Wilbur when he was "Some Pig" and came back again now that he was "Terrific."Jenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603984411324049557noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-69407823199452920852011-04-13T14:22:38.799-04:002011-04-13T14:22:38.799-04:00Fetal pigs, starfish and earthworms sound so much ...Fetal pigs, starfish and earthworms sound so much better than cow eyes and squid. Oh, God. I still remember the smell.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02657301629077289506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-17911382415750386822011-04-13T14:57:50.644-04:002011-04-13T14:57:50.644-04:00Oh, maybe it was a cow eye? Cow eye, sheep eye, it...Oh, maybe it was a cow eye? Cow eye, sheep eye, it was some kind of giant eye.Jenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603984411324049557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-11227340451628829402011-04-13T15:30:40.709-04:002011-04-13T15:30:40.709-04:00Ugh, the fetal pigs were awful. This one time, in ...Ugh, the fetal pigs were awful. This one time, in college, we had to take slices of the brain and put them in the correct brainy order. That was actually kinda cool until I spilled brain juice all over my shoes.Gretchen Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04516604934534972395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-43683354327788765702011-04-14T09:09:25.977-04:002011-04-14T09:09:25.977-04:00I didn't take Bio II, so I didn't get to t...I didn't take Bio II, so I didn't get to the fetal pig-- we just had frogs in Bio I. And I'm dying at your description of the earthworm, because I can't tell the front from the back end either unless it's actually moving (and sometimes not even then).mysterygirl!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01708758561975520042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-36735387402044223652011-04-14T09:38:01.065-04:002011-04-14T09:38:01.065-04:00You guys, where do teachers even get that stuff? I...You guys, where do teachers even get that stuff? Is there a discount dead animal store online or something?Jenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603984411324049557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-56794382490464177512011-04-19T10:18:02.480-04:002011-04-19T10:18:02.480-04:00I posted a long comment about all this and Blogger...I posted a long comment about all this and Blogger deleted it. Stupid Blogger.<br><br>Jennie, teachers order dissection supplies from companies like Carolina Biological Supply Co.Kitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020166064056573242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-53572472325244114522011-04-19T11:47:14.796-04:002011-04-19T11:47:14.796-04:00What I had written previously was just that due to...What I had written previously was just that due to being a biology major in college for 2 years, and then a bio minor and bio class/lab TA for 2 years after that, I have A LOT of experience dissecting A LOT of different organisms and organs. Cow eyes, sheep hearts, invertebrates, vertebrates, you name it. My fetal pig was named Babette (after Babe but altered because she was a girl pig). The most intense thing I ever dissected was a shark: fish smell plus formaldehyde smell was beyond anything you can imagine. I worked with human cadavers too but that is a whole other set of stories.<br><br>ALSO: Worm scientists are known as helminthologists and I almost became one (long story). Helminthologists can tell which end of a worm is which. I wanted to specialize in parasitic flatworms and the origins of the interspecies parasitic relationship. For the most part, flatworms look different at one end than the other.Kitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020166064056573242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109551.post-90553682061986189262011-04-19T11:50:16.783-04:002011-04-19T11:50:16.783-04:00Could I possibly be more boringly didactic? Yes, I...Could I possibly be more boringly didactic? Yes, I'm a hit at parties...Kitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08020166064056573242noreply@blogger.com