Sucks To Be A Pig
These poor little guys have been sweating bullets since the swine flu outbreak and now European researchers have found a way to really ice them.
We don't hear much about animal experiments because I suspect that they are conducted secretly all the time around the world. But occasionally a CRAZY ASS story like this sneaks out. And even though I am a big fan of crispy bacon, this one takes the cake. Thankfully it was foiled.
A few days ago, Austria was planing to take 29 pigs and bury them alive under masses of snow to study human survival chances in avalanches. The scientists wanted to study the effect of air pockets that form under snow during avalanches on victims' survival chances. Their ultimate goal was to develop new life saving and rescue techniques.
This is troubling and I have a few unanswered questions.
Who funded this research?
Will the pigs get shaped skis or will some be on snowboards?
And the most obvious one:
Were the scientists planning on letting the pigs take a few ski runs before they got buried?
Thoughts?
Susan
Susan is one of the creators of mypheme.com!
Comments
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Is this one for real?
Vicky – Jan 17th, 2010 -
Why can't they do this experiment with Rush Limbaugh?
Karen – Jan 17th, 2010 -
It does suck to be a pig.
Jill – Jan 18th, 2010 -
I'm with Karen - Rush would be an excellent specimen. How about if we throw in Sarah Palin too? Oh wait, all that BS with no ventilation might make the air unbreathable and that could throw off the test results.
Hmmm...bet I could come up with a few other people that should be buried alive - muah, ha, ha!
Stacey – Jan 19th, 2010 -
It's not a good time to be a pig.
Sally – Jan 19th, 2010
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