• Question: Why is it in science that is it frogs that get dissected?

    Asked by hollylewisdavies to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I suppose they are considered to be `expendable’ ie people don’t really care about them and are happy to cut them up. Also they have a vaguely similar anatomy to humans (backbone, skin, muscle, heart etc.) so we can learn about human biology by cutting them up.

      When I was at school they gave me a mouse to disect. I couldn’t do it.

    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Well they are quite interesting to dissect and have similar aspects to our bodies

      They are plentiful so not endangered and also people are less worried about frogs than say mice

      So I guess those are the reasons they are used

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Good question. I guess because it is small, common and contains organs of interest. Maybe its also because most people don’t find them cute so there’s less emotional attachment to them.

    • Photo: Laura Maliszewski

      Laura Maliszewski answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Why frogs? I’m not sure. Maybe because frogs are abundant, not endangered and have easy-to-see parts?

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I guess they don’t run away as fast as some of the other small creatures….

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