Bizarre Facts from the History of Animal and Insect Experimentation

By Jeff Severns Guntzel
Published on May 6, 2009
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Ten million billion ants, 60,000 papers on the genetics of the common fruit fly, the weaponozation of at least 18 arthropod-borne diseases, and one skinned frog. In the books section of The Guardian, science writer PD Smith offers a titillating roundup of bizarre facts from the history of animal and insect experimentation–and leaves you with a reading list.

Image by Hamed Saber, licensed under Creative Commons.

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