A monument to laboratory rats and mice

maggiekb 2014-01-17 15:49:32 UTC #1

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FFabian 2014-01-17 15:59:29 UTC #2

Looks like something right out of a disney movie.

anon68952647 2014-01-17 16:04:11 UTC #3

I was reading about John Calhoun and his work at NIMH just yesterday. Great monument.

Eksrae 2014-01-17 16:19:43 UTC #4

Mrs. Frisby was the first thing that I had thought of when I saw it, too.

incarnedine_v 2014-01-17 16:19:56 UTC #5

The results are pretty fascinating. After just a few generations the Foxes became submissive and started barking

Eksrae 2014-01-17 16:22:36 UTC #6

I heard that an unfortunate side effect was that when they get over-excited, the pee themselves uncontrollably. I'm taking them off of my wish list.

crenquis 2014-01-17 16:23:40 UTC #7

I don't know, the nose makes it look like it might be related to Joe Camel...

Eksrae 2014-01-17 16:24:18 UTC #8

I guess that would go under smoking research.

Brainspore 2014-01-17 16:44:50 UTC #9

The Institute, however, is popularly associated with a very different animal — the silver fox.

I didn't even know George Hamilton was Russian.

charles_ross_oh 2014-01-17 16:45:35 UTC #10

This is touching. I think it was Mrs. Thisby wasn't it? John Prine's 'space monkey' and Temple Grandin come to mind while I wipe my eyes.

Michael_Matise 2014-01-17 17:34:20 UTC #11

Great idea and well executed…gonna use this in upcoming talks and seminars!

crenquis 2014-01-17 17:59:28 UTC #12

It seems that it isn't mentioned quite as often, but they also have a cohort of foxes that were bred for aggression -- the difference in appearance between the tame and ferocious ones is quite striking.

relawson 2014-01-17 18:29:30 UTC #13

Sacrificed, not "killed".

unshaved_weirdo 2014-01-17 23:16:27 UTC #14

At first, I wondered why they anthropomorphized the mouse. Then, I though "Peta will love this". Then i thought of Art Spiegelman, and then I was sad.

AlexandraKitty 2014-01-18 04:52:03 UTC #15

It is sad. I had a pigeon lab as an undergrad and I took my bird home with me because I just didn't want her to be put down. Thank you for the link...

mangelo_rigaton 2014-01-18 22:42:36 UTC #16

This reminds me of Dr. Rat by William Kotzwinkel. It's a disturbing satire whose chapters alternate between Life in a Lab with cracked old Dr Rat, a lab preparation who has sold out to the Man, and The Revolution of The Animals, brought to you by the subliminal frequency. What a story!

maggiekb 2014-01-22 15:49:34 UTC #17

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