From: SNAKEBYTE           
To: BEATLE              
Subject: Moral/Popular  
Date & Time: 08/24/90 10:13:18
Message Number  8078

>inside looked ANYTHING like the insides of the animals we dissected...
  
I was involved in a brain weight to body ratio and gastrointestinal
content study of sharks in Wilmington, NC and we had to cut up several
sharks every day for a month. Had to remove the brain (intact) and 
empty the gastrointestinal tract and check the contents. You CAN learn
the stuff hands on if it is presented properly and you are accomplishing
something, but most school projects turn into a Veg-O-Matic style of
dissection with nothing being accomplished. 
   Oh yeah, you should try to put a surgical knife through the hide of
a shark. We usually had to saw through when we had to cut on the back.
The belly was softer, but the back was IMPOSSIBLE to stick ANYTHING 
thru. Remember that if you get attacked.....if you can.