Goldfish for science projects. >-(
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Are your serious! A live one - or at least a used to be alive one? Or one that was already deceased?
Yeah, but it's the same deal. Whether something dies due to poor conditions or starvation, or some combination of the two doesn't really matter. In the end, the subject is still dead due to stupidity. There's still a lack of common sense in both of these analogies.
we're dissecting cats in our anatomy calss junior year in high school.
they get them from animal shelters that go on the animal hoarder raids and all fo the cats are feral and aggressive, so they have to euthanize them all...
i gotta say this, those comets are probably in better shape at the school then they were wherever they were at previously. Geeze louise people. I used to do science fair projects on the effects of water conditions on fat head minnows. Seriously, all those comets would have either died in a storage tank or given some other fish a disease by now, instead they are being used to teach kids about science. Give me a break.
ok, well if a bunch of goldfish die, while I am not crazy about it, if one of those kids learns something about science from it, I am not gonna be that distraught over it.
BTW a few points from perusing the thread:
Some of ya'll were talking about food coloring in water from another thread...food coloring isn't going to harm the fish. You can drink food coloring and it won't hurt you. They have actually done studies in San Antonio that indicate the 2 times a year they dye the San Antonio river may have beneficial effects on the ecosystem there.
Secondly, I doubt it is quite as has been reported. Whenever schools in Texas do a study/experiement that involves a live animal, they are required to get approval for it through their state education agency. So I am certain there is a bit more to it then the teacher deciding to starve a bunch of gold fish in cups for a month to see what happens.
Finally again, if a single one of those kids learns something or developes an interest in science as a result of this, well then the goldfish served a better purpose then most end up doing.
BTW a few points from perusing the thread:
Some of ya'll were talking about food coloring in water from another thread...food coloring isn't going to harm the fish. You can drink food coloring and it won't hurt you. They have actually done studies in San Antonio that indicate the 2 times a year they dye the San Antonio river may have beneficial effects on the ecosystem there.
Secondly, I doubt it is quite as has been reported. Whenever schools in Texas do a study/experiement that involves a live animal, they are required to get approval for it through their state education agency. So I am certain there is a bit more to it then the teacher deciding to starve a bunch of gold fish in cups for a month to see what happens.
Finally again, if a single one of those kids learns something or developes an interest in science as a result of this, well then the goldfish served a better purpose then most end up doing.
So in essence, you are saying that an animal's life is only worth something if it benefits humans. That sounds so pleasant and egotistical.
