Frog Guts

Frog Guts - for you and for me

Finger Lickin' Good

   Dissecting the frogs was a blast! I had been looking forward to it since my elementary years, and it did not leave me the least bit disappointed. My partners were Sam Duininck and Daniel Smith. They were great and fun partners. Sam's favorite thing was popping out the eyes and Daniel liked using all of the sharp tools (whatever that means). I personally loved being with my friends, and just the fact that I was cutting something open.

    I think that we all learned a lot through our dissecting experiences. I, for one, learned several things, such as: frogs' tongues are connected to the front of their mouths, whereas humans' tongues are attached to the back. Every frog was different; one was even pregnant. It just shows how awesome and creative our God is.

    When we were doing our experiment, we first pinned the frog to the Styrofoam tray, then we cut it open, identified the organs, and pulled the lens out of the eye. If we finished early, which my group did, then we were to look for the brain. It was small and hard to find. (I guess that means that frogs are stupid!)

    The whole dissection process took two days to finish. When we finished all of the procedures, one of the partners would take all of the tools and "pokey things" to the restroom to be cleaned, scrubbed, and dried; they were then taken back to the lab and stored for next year. That pretty much covers my experience with the frog that is no more.

Story by Jayme Goolsbay
Photos by Elizabeth Hutto