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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: dissection

dissection stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - A 19-year-old girl in Asheville, NC, has legally changed her name to CutoutDissection.com (call her Cutout for short) to protest animal dissection in the classroom, the Citizen-Times reports. The former Jennifer Thornburg’s name is the address for PETA's web site on the practice. Cutout is now a PETA ... More »

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animal rights • PETA • animal • activists • dissection

Biology Class Is No Cut-Up for US Kids

More pupils duck dissections by doing them virtually

Jun 1, 08 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - More biology students are ducking icky frog and fetal pig dissections by doing them on computers, the AP reports. Animal rights activists, thrilled that 14 states let kids skip dissections, are helping get the interactive programs to schools. One West Virginia group donated software to a high school that spends... More »

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high school • animal rights • frogs • virtual imaging • computer • dissection

 Scientists Thaw
 Colossal Squid for Probe 

Researchers begin thawing 34-foot creature, aim to determine its sex

Apr 28, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Zealand scientists have begun defrosting a colossal squid, caught last year, so they can dissect the little-known species. They aim to start by determining the sex of the 34-foot long animal, a native of Antarctica that weighs half a ton. "They're incredibly rare—this is probably one of... More »

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whale • Antarctica • giant squid • squid • colossal squid • dissection

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