Dissection+introduction

The frogs used in this dissection were humanely raised in a special habitat and while most were destined for the food industry, some were set aside for educational purposes rather than just to be frog legs to be eaten. You are expected to treat the specimen with due respect- anyone engaging in undue mutilation, throwing of body parts etc, will be asked to leave and report to the office.
 * Dissection Introduction**:

**//Please READ all the following before beginning the lab://**

SAFETY Protocols: 1. Be very careful with the instruments as several are quite sharp. Never point the scalpel or probes towards anyone, and leave them down at tray level at all times.

2. The preservative is quite safe, even on bare hands. Gloves are provided for those who are doing the main dissection. If you should end up touching the frog directly in the act of helping the dissector, please be sure to wash your hands with soap and water at the end of the lab as an extra precaution. NOTE: contrary to popular myth, formaldehyde has not been used in decades in classroom preservative as it is cancer causing. These frogs are in a special type called //Perfect Solution// that is safe, nontoxic, relatively odorless requiring no ventilation and no special disposal, so safe for the environment as well. We are simply practicing good safety procedures.

3. NEVER touch your face, especially eyes, while working with the frog so as to prevent any preservative from entering delicate tissue.

4. At the end of the lab, ALL equipment and trays are to be washed. All tools are to be DRIED as well and placed back in the kit correctly. Remove the blue mat and rinse both sides, also rinse tray. Follow instructor’s directions as to how to set to dry.

DISPOSAL: All frog body parts will be placed in a large black bag that has been placed into a trashcan to aid collection. These will all be wrapped and sent to the landfill to decompose back into the ground- recycling the nutrients!