The Frogs

Laboratory frogs waiting (I think) patiently in tanks for their turn in the experiments..

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SONY

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SLT-A77V

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ƒ/1.8

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18mm

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1/320s

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800

Magda G

Published 8 years ago

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Dominik Osyczka I needed to check if it's a photo for this week's theme. Luckly, not. But vivisection is still an awful thing.

8yrs

Magda G They don't necessary have to be vivisected. A lot of them is bred for their eggs - they are a very good model organism for studying early embryo development because they are very big and thus easily manageable .
I couldn't work with animals myself because of the killing. I work with cell culture, which doesn't require killing any animals fortunately. But I do recognise the importance of animals in research. E.g. the first pregnancy tests were developed with the use of frogs.
So is it ethical? I have ambiguous feelings but it helps us move forward for sure.