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RRR: Real Ridiculous Research
With a With a budget of $32 billion[funded by your tax dollars], the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's largest funder of biomedical research. It is also the world's largest funder of experiments on nonhuman animals.
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Research on Animals for 2011
10) DRUG-INDUCED ARTHRITIS IN RATS MAKES EXERCISE HARDER
9) RATS WHO RUN AROUND MORE APPEAR TO BE MORE ANXIOUS
8) PRAIRIE VOLES STUDY SUGGESTS SINGLE MOMS RAISE LESS LOVING CHILDREN
7) DIETING HAMSTERS CHOOSE FOOD OVER SEX
6) RAT BITTER-TASTE NERVES APPEAR TO WORK
5) CONTAGIOUS YAWNING IN CHIMPANZEES IS EMPATHETIC
4) ALLIGATORS' SOUNDS AND ANATOMY DIFFER FROM HUMANS'
3) LEMON-FRESH SCENT CAN INDUCE ERECTIONS IN MONKEYS
2) RATS FIND MILES DAVIS IS BETTER WITH COCAINE
1) LABS ARE STRESSFUL PLACES FOR MONKEYS
Real Ridiculous Research - Top 10 Reasons why Animal Research is a Cruel Joke
I am really relieved our tax dollars are being put to such good use!!!
With a With a budget of $32 billion[funded by your tax dollars], the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's largest funder of biomedical research. It is also the world's largest funder of experiments on nonhuman animals.
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Research on Animals for 2011
10) DRUG-INDUCED ARTHRITIS IN RATS MAKES EXERCISE HARDER
9) RATS WHO RUN AROUND MORE APPEAR TO BE MORE ANXIOUS
8) PRAIRIE VOLES STUDY SUGGESTS SINGLE MOMS RAISE LESS LOVING CHILDREN
7) DIETING HAMSTERS CHOOSE FOOD OVER SEX
6) RAT BITTER-TASTE NERVES APPEAR TO WORK
5) CONTAGIOUS YAWNING IN CHIMPANZEES IS EMPATHETIC
4) ALLIGATORS' SOUNDS AND ANATOMY DIFFER FROM HUMANS'
3) LEMON-FRESH SCENT CAN INDUCE ERECTIONS IN MONKEYS
2) RATS FIND MILES DAVIS IS BETTER WITH COCAINE
1) LABS ARE STRESSFUL PLACES FOR MONKEYS
Real Ridiculous Research - Top 10 Reasons why Animal Research is a Cruel Joke
I am really relieved our tax dollars are being put to such good use!!!