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So you sneal up and pith on toads? Maybe we could start calling him "Toady"..... (for the life of me, I cannot see why anyone would want to gig a toad....foul things that they are...) we used to gig frogs for a lady down the street who paid us for the legs.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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Taddy commented:
Ah...a more disgusting mind than even the Tadpole's... -- Not possible.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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"katysails" wrote: So you sneal up and pith on toads? Maybe we could start calling him "Toady"..... (for the life of me, I cannot see why anyone would want to gig a toad....foul things that they are...) we used to gig frogs for a lady down the street who paid us for the legs.... Maybe they eat toad legs on Barker Creek! Seahag |
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You and Seahag need to watch your timing when singing chorus....
katysails wrote: Taddy commented: Ah...a more disgusting mind than even the Tadpole's... -- Not possible.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Faint echoes, sometimes inaudible, of the newsgroup's glorious past are downloadable at http://music.download.com/internetopera |
How to pith a toad (non-excretory)
FYI
Toads used to be pithed for frankensteinian biology experiments, particularly dealing with hearts and nervous systems. Take one live toad, preferably a cane toad, hold firmly by the back legs so that it doesn't fly across the laboratory on the up swing, swing around one's head then bring it down hard so that the head cracks against the edge of the laboratory bench (not so hard that its head snaps off and flies across the laboratory). Toad should be unconscious or dead after that. Ignore movement. Sever the backbone at the neck then with a probe push up the spinal nerve conduit and pulp the spinal nerve and the cerebellum. Ignore movement while doing so. Dissect out the heart, suspend between supports, flood with saline and apply various stimulants. Watch it beat. dissect out other bits of nerve and muscle, apply electrodes, charge, watch responses. The most revolting thing I was forced to do as an innocent student. katysails wrote: So you sneal up and pith on toads? Maybe we could start calling him "Toady"..... (for the life of me, I cannot see why anyone would want to gig a toad....foul things that they are...) we used to gig frogs for a lady down the street who paid us for the legs.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Faint echoes, sometimes inaudible, of the newsgroup's glorious past are downloadable at http://music.download.com/internetopera |
How to pith a toad (non-excretory)
"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... FYI Toads used to be pithed for frankensteinian biology experiments, particularly dealing with hearts and nervous systems. Take one live toad, preferably a cane toad, hold firmly by the back legs so that it doesn't fly across the laboratory on the up swing, swing around one's head then bring it down hard so that the head cracks against the edge of the laboratory bench (not so hard that its head snaps off and flies across the laboratory). Toad should be unconscious or dead after that. Ignore movement. Sever the backbone at the neck then with a probe push up the spinal nerve conduit and pulp the spinal nerve and the cerebellum. Ignore movement while doing so. Dissect out the heart, suspend between supports, flood with saline and apply various stimulants. Watch it beat. dissect out other bits of nerve and muscle, apply electrodes, charge, watch responses. The most revolting thing I was forced to do as an innocent student. You know, they don't use live specimens, not for the high school kids. This should bring back fond memories. http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/ John Cairns |
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Haggie surmised:
Maybe they eat toad legs on Barker Creek! I wouldn't doubt it at all....it's all those walk-abouts....probably eats ants, too.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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Taddy said:
You and Seahag need to watch your timing when singing chorus.... Great minds think alike.....we're just not always in tandem.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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I thought cane toads were deadly poisonous?
We did similar experiments in A&P with frogs...we'd anesthetize them with chloroform, slice them open, and put drops of digitalis on their hearts to watch them have heart attacks....only the guy I shared a lab table with was a physician's son with a warm heart...he brought a suture kit and we sewed our frog back up...she survived for about 2 weeks (yes, we knew she was a she....full of eggs....as a future OB-GYN, my lab partner also performed an oopherectomy.... -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
How to pith a toad (non-excretory)
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wrote: FYI Toads used to be pithed for frankensteinian biology experiments, particularly dealing with hearts and nervous systems. Take one live toad, preferably a cane toad, hold firmly by the back legs so that it doesn't fly across the laboratory on the up swing, swing around one's head then bring it down hard so that the head cracks against the edge of the laboratory bench (not so hard that its head snaps off and flies across the laboratory). Toad should be unconscious or dead after that. Ignore movement. Sever the backbone at the neck then with a probe push up the spinal nerve conduit and pulp the spinal nerve and the cerebellum. Ignore movement while doing so. Dissect out the heart, suspend between supports, flood with saline and apply various stimulants. Watch it beat. dissect out other bits of nerve and muscle, apply electrodes, charge, watch responses. The most revolting thing I was forced to do as an innocent student. Wimp. That was a lot of fun. The real challenge was doing it to lab rats. You had to get the swing and angle just right to crack their heads on the edge of the lab bench. My wife was doing Hons at the time and killing rats wholesale. The real hassle used to come when the rat's scaly tail skin would come off halfway through the downswing. Catching a partially skinned rat in a lab is pretty hilarious but you want to tuck your pants into your socks first. PDW |
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