Tuesday, September 25, 2012

PETA Supports Frog Dissection -- So Long As Its Virtual [VIDEO]







Remember frog dissection day in middle school science class? The X-acto knives, the awkward slicing, the formaldehyde -- it was sort of a right of passage.

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Like most things these days, that's going digital.


PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is sponsoring software called Frog Dissection that lets students poke around the innards of frogs -- from the comforts, and hopefully formaldehyde-free environments, of their computers.

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PETA is making its offer to schools and colleges throughout India. The program, created by digital education company Emantras, is priced between $2.99 and $4.99 in the U.S. In India, however, PETA will offer it for free to any classrooms that agree to offer non-animal dissection alternatives.


Watch the video above. Would you have preferred this method back in school? Or is actual dissection still the best way to learn? Tell us your thoughts below.


This story originally published on Mashable here.



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