dissections

[lada]

Our biology teacher would like to dissect each of the following
mammal,bird,fish,reptile and amphibian. I can get a toad, a rat and a fish, but cannot find a bird or crocodile.Must still have all the guts inside. Any ideas???
Lada

[Labbie]

perhaps you could try WIRES. They have help't us out before. With a bird or two, to preserve. You can only ask them.

wires 8977 3333

Hope this helps you.

[Lyn]

Lada,

I think it's time your biology teacher had a reality check. Crocodiles are a protected species and unless someone provides a snake from roadkill, (probably also inadvisable) the three specimens you spoke of should be sufficient.

P.S. A chook carcass is a bird specimen.

Lyn

[smiley]

Haines supplies an excellent fake frog dissection for the squeamish. It has a huge plastic frog. When you take the skin off, the organs underneath are in gooey plastic so they feel real, but without the smell!

What about a croc skin farm for a baby croc? Sometimes youngsters in the pens can die in the pecking order struggles - I'm talking 30cm sized babies. I guess there's none near you in NSW, but what about pet shops, breeders, Universities for other types of reptiles. By the way, generally speaking, dissected reptiles REEK!

Lada, we have stuffed and mounted crocs in our labs from the local tourist trade, but admittedly we don't dissect them! They're just there for classification pracs.

Cheers, K

[Lis]

What about the Australian Reptile Park at Somersby, or the zoo?
Lisa