Tuesday, November 2, 2010

6 lessons learned today

#1: If I never again in my life eviscerate a cadaver dog, I will still have done it one too many times.

#2: As bad as you think the stench can get, just leave the cadavers alone in a cooler for 24 hours then open them back up again. Decomposition is a stunning process.

#3: Double glove. Two layers of latex = half as much unavoidable death smell on your hands for the rest of the day.

#4: Removing the heart, lungs, esophagus, diaphragm, kidneys, liver, spleen, bladder, intestines, stomach, gallbladder, colon, and major blood vessels, fat, mesentery, and other connective tissue from a Rottweiler does not make the remaining cadaver a whole lot lighter.

#5: You can spread apart a dog's ribs an incredible distance before they crack (but they do eventually crack).

#6: I never, EVER plan to do heart surgery on a living animal (or, hopefully, on another dead one).

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