Ha ha ha.
ha ha.
ha.
Aren't I funny. Because I dissected a cow's eye today. You know went to my local science store and said to myself, "Hmmmmm what mad experiments do I feel like doing today?" and the answer was to buy a preserved cow eye and dissect it.
Just kidding.
I went with Carter's 6th grade class on a field trip. And at the science museum we did a class on dissecting cows eyes. In fact I almost backed out because of this particular dissection. See I have problems watching people put in contacts and I can't even put eye drops in my own eye. Eye's freak me out.
So when the little teacher plopped 2 gigantic slimy, oozing eyes into my hands (gloved) to help her pass them out to each group of 2, I seriously almost passed out. I kind of left my body for that journey across the room and pretended I was somewhere else. Preferrably somewhere without a pair of dead cow eyes in my hands.
But as the kids got into it and as a "helper" I was there to help, I ended up cutting the eyeball's circumference, fishing the lens out of pool of jelly, and helped scrap a retina out.
I'm not sure if this was the sure thing to cure my little phobia or not.
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I must have the same phobia! Worms? Frogs? Let's dissect them? Even reading this post made my stomach churn and my eyes...twitch. You are my hero.
HMmmmmmmm. I remember doing that in high school. Blech. You know I don't think it was the eyeball itself that was the worst, it was the smell of the formaldehyde that grossed me out. ick. Kudos to you for being a good helper! Who knows, maybe the teacher had to fast that day to keep from puking!
Congrats. Not many people get to have such a thrilling experience! Although I don't feel very sorry for you since I dissected HUMANS in college anatomy!
You are very tough. There is no way I could do that!
Way to face your phobia! I was always the lab partner who did all the work because I thought it was fascinating while my partner watched from a distance. :)
I'm glad you're participating in the science project.....everyone should disect animal organs once. I grew up on a farm and am very familiar with the such......we went to the butcher for "parts" many times to create fabulous Halloween spook alleys. All in a days "adventure".
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