• Question: Have you dissected a animal before?

    Asked by to Kev, Ellie on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Kevin Arbuckle

      Kevin Arbuckle answered on 18 Mar 2014:


      Yep, lots of them. The most interesting ones have been snakes and spiders, partly because these can be quite different inside to what we’re used to thinking about in mammals. But it’s often really interesting to see what something has been eating by looking in it’s stomach (I’ve found squid and things in shark stomachs) or to look at the parasites that live inside animals (I’ve founds hundreds of worms and things inside fish that is sold in fishmongers!).

    • Photo: Eleanor Parker

      Eleanor Parker answered on 19 Mar 2014:


      Yes. I’ve dissect cows legs on a weekly basis. I’ve also dissected eyeballs, chickens, various animal hearts and kidneys. And a whole sheep.

Comments