Gone off in a huff

Good Luck minxie - do let us know how you get on!! X

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Wrong thread

Cave woman there has been lots of support on this thread but yours first puzzled me and then made me smile. I hope it did for the OP

Love the photo MawBroon. and yet

Weren't worms for dissection in biology lessons were dead already? In which case loving them or otherwise would make no difference.

And one could always feed the bits to birds afterwards.

Yes, worms are very important. They make soil and are high protein food for lots of other animals, including foxes and badgers.

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Yes, very dead. So were the frogs, rats and ???? but don’t remember rabbits being used.

Am well aware of all of that baggs but rationalising doesn't cure a phobia!
It's totally irrational and I'm the first to admit it!

OldMeg Rabbit dissection - A level Biology 1966/7
Possibly rabbit bred by our Head of Dept. the famous long distance runner Martin Hyman, who gave us extra experience. A great character!

MawBroon Just seen your photo. Gorgeous! I had a browny red greyhound about 20 years ago. She was rescued, not from retired racing, but from cruelty. She was very timid. My youngest was 8 when I got her and she fell in love with her. It was wonderful for her to have this gentle dog, as her father had died suddenly a few months earlier. Greyhounds are such wonderful pets.
Being disabled and unable to walk far, I have to have small dogs who can get all their fun from my, fortunately, large garden, now. I never thought I'd have small dogs, funnily enough, but I absolutely adore them! They have such character and are so funny!

Weren't worms for dissection in biology lessons were dead already? In which case loving them or otherwise would make no difference.
And the frogs, in their trays of formaldehyde.
It could be a bit offputting if the biology lab was your form room.

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Luzdoh I think we are experiencing an online version of this.
Greyhounds are very special dogs, Hattie is my fourth. Some people might remember Gracie whom I lost nearly a year ago at the grand old age of 14.
I was inconsolable but last July met this little (or so she seemed because of her hangdog expression) girl aged 18 months who had been a racing reject, showing little talent or inclination for the chase and was shipped over from Ireland with a batch of retired racers. I could not resist her and now she enjoys the life of Riley in exchange for which she snuggles up to me, shows me total love and affection and has given me a reason to get out of bed and face each day since Paw died.

luzduh A Level Zoology 63/65 (mine was a 2-year course) JMB, no rabbits.

Our neighbours have a lovely 'racing reject' who looks just like Hattie.
When they said they were getting a greyhound I expected her to be grey. Duh! She's very quiet, we never hear her at all.

Oh, I am so glad that I studied Human Biology at school because there is no way that I could have cut up any animal - dead or alive!!

You didn't go on to do medicine then?

I’m guessing all these people are vegetarians now?

Not vegetarian oldmeg because it wasn't an ethical issue for me.
Just can't bear the sight of worms and the physical reaction they provoke in me.
The only reason I introduced worms into the discussion was to explain that such a phobia does make me feel downright stupid but I can't control the effect they have on me. It isn't so disabling that I 'd consider therapy but it would be very different if it involved dogs!

mcem yes I can see that a fear of worms isn’t likely to impact on eating other, less earthy, meats ?

I don't think loving animals has anything to do with wanting or not wanting to dissect them is what I was trying to say, mcem.

I'm now wondering whether I can truly say "I love animals". I don't think I can. I can't say I hate them either. I can say I'm interested in them because I'm interested in life forms animal, plant and fungal.

I like seeing little lambs in the fields. I like eating lamb meat. Does that count as loving lambs? Or is loving just not appropriate.

We had to dissect a cows eye.. ugh!

I'd be afraid of a dangerous snake, but I'd still eat it if it was good to eat.

Phobia isn't the same as fear, is it?

My brother and I used to fight over who got the chicken heart to dissect whenever mum was cooking chicken. I don't think she ever bought one without the giblets. Perhaps they weren't sold without edible innards back then.

I think if one was properly interested in worms dissecting one would be fascinating. Likewise cows' eyes and other things thst provoke eeuw in some people.