First immunology lab today wor... DISSECTED A MOUSE!!! =P first time after 6 years of studying biology..hahaha recalled that at sec 3 what prompted me to take biology is that i thought that there will be dissection involved in the practical...haiz.. but who knows the year when i took biology, the syllabus changed and there will be no more dissection practical =( all that we did was boil potatoes, food test in sec sch.. then still filled with hope of dissecting an animal in jc.. but also dun have, instead it's more of microscopy work of plant n animal tissues, more food tests..year 1 and year 2 of uni also dun have.. hee finally year 3 have!! Yeah!! hee though it's 1 mouse to 4 persons.. but nvm.. at least i tried cutting open the skin and had a look at the spleen, thymus of the mouse..=) Pls dun think that i'm a psychopath.. =P i also found it disgusting and if one were to ask me to kill the mouse i dun think i dare to... ( initially tot have to pull tail of the mouse to kill it cos 1 mthd in the protocol is cervical dislocation, but thank God they killed it for us) i just want to see what is the anatomy of a mouse like.. acc to the TA, their anatomy is quite similar to human.. so amazing.. no wonder they always use mouse in lab testing..Ya.. so though immunology lab took up the entire 6 hours (without break), was tired but really glad that learnt and tried something new today, enjoyed the practical =)just some side track.. today's pract already made use of 20 mice.. can't help thinking, how many mice will be sacrificed in the process of discovering a new drug.. believe the no. will be many times more... sometimes even guinea pig, rabbits or dogs will be sacrificed.. seriously cannot really bear the thought of a dog being killed..(if it's a dog, i surely wun dare to dissect it cos remind me of shadow) hmm... but if the animals are not sacrificed, there may be no new drugs for human.. so how?? to gain in certain area, some areas will be lost ba i guess...