My teacher today put them in a bucket of ice for a few minutes, turned it upside down, came back, took a pair of pliers, and then ripped out the frogs throat. We had to do this because we were trying to see a living parasite in the frog's lungs, which would have died with gas. Still, was that humane?
2007-10-04 16:24:05 · 11 answers · asked by zaichev 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
To kill them in the wild YES....
For schools to prepare them properly for a dissection project NO. (SO THEY THINK!!) I personally think it is not right for schools to be doing this, but like science they test mice to find a cure for humans. Ripping a throat out oh my word...that is inhumaine..
PS If you say anything to your teacher about not wanting to do the dissection or whatever..they will fail you...beleive me I tried that one and lost because I thought it was gross....
I guess they figure that there are so many frogs around that they can get away with this stuff.......GRRRRRRR
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2007-10-04 19:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by AnimalManiac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a lab/class, the best way is to put the frog in a bucket of ice water. there is an anesthetic powder that is commonly used (although the name escapes me at the moment) that you can sprinkle into the water. after 20 min or so you take the frog out and put on ice and you can cut it open. at some point you should cut the heart or the head to kill it so it won't wake up but it will be unconscious for awhile but you want to make sure it really dies.
if you can't use the anesthetic powder, you can do without it, but you should cut the heart or the head off. it sounds gross and cruel, but it's considered humane.
2007-10-08 21:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,it is very cruel.There is no need to kill and disect a living animal these days,with all of the computer programs with virtual frogs that show all of the simulated body parts,organs and parasites.That teacher should be suspended, if you ask me.So,no,it was NOT humane!
2007-10-05 00:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
With fish they say the most humane way to euthanise is by freezing-put in freezer in room temp water and allow to freeze completely. Apparently they slow down fall asleep and die. I have done this b4 in the case of a sick animal but really who knows-you couln't get a difinitive answer from a dead fish or frog for that matter
2007-10-04 23:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by kaitee t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is exactly why I flunked Science. I refused to carve up a frog, and the poor thing was already dead! I can't imagine killing one or seeing one be killed!
I would never have been able to watch that! It would have been hard for me to refrain from taking the pliers to your teacher's testicles!
2007-10-04 23:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If my teacher did that I would've said "hey, would you consider doing that to your own child?" and he'd say "no, but thats because it's a human".
My response: I think animals should deserve the same treatment as humans. We kill them for research, even worse we keep them ALIVE for research (depositing cancer into thier bodies). I personally think its sick and I wouldn't have sat in that damn classroom and watched that.
2007-10-04 23:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
you should get a program where there is virtual disections. it would be very poor to our ecosystem and enviroment. tell your teacher NOT TO KILL FROGS!!!!!!
2007-10-04 23:59:13 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Nobody 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i thinketh the noteth. injecting them then freezing them is the humane way...
2007-10-04 23:28:52 · answer #8 · answered by Twilite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i think so. you shouldnt kill animal no matter what but thats just gross.
2007-10-04 23:31:10 · answer #9 · answered by Dillion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think so only if it was unconscious, though. :/
2007-10-05 00:27:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋