Shark Dissection

So most normal people spend Memorial Day at cookouts, placing flowers at graves and honoring the men and women who are and have served this country.
Us, well we dissect sharks.
Yeah you read that right. Right here in little ole Mayberry we had a good ole fashion science class on our neighbor's driveway.
If you are squimish, or chicken then be forewarned you may not want to keep reading/viewing pictures. But I will tell you that two 4 year olds did just fine, so...


Our neighbor is a 3rd grade teacher and this is one of their end of the year activities. It is really cool, you know when you aren't the one dissecting stuff. I am an RD I spent a lot of time in a HUMAN cadaver lab dissecting them, so I am set, not to mention rats and sheep eyes and ::shudders:: at what I went through.  All in the name of science people. We were told the sharks DID die of natural causes they were not harmed for our sake.

Without further ado the Shark Dissection.




As you can see he was a small shark.



This is what the girls thought. It did smell, but not near as bad as human cadavers or rats! Probably dissecting in an open outdoor area helped!



Showing the older kids it was a boy shark...something about the type of fins called caspers?!? Not really "boy" parts per say, kind of like male roaches have antennae.



Cutting him open!


The stomach. He actually had a shrimp still inside!


Shrimpy. Hello guys! :) {yes, I am crazy}


The girls still think it is stinky and gross, but they were riveted. MW is like whatev.



Q being brave. We tried to get Lo to touch it, but then she chickened out at the last second.



The HEART! Tiny.


His toothy grin. Apparently their teeth aren't really teeth, but just jagged tough skin. What?!


The brain. It was so tiny, definitely a male brain. BAHAHAHA!


Upclose on the brain.


Again Q being brave and cutting into the eye which....


squirted our neighbor in the face. Gross. We all were gagging, but she dug deep and stayed strong and cool and didn't blow chunks, because I know I would have!


And then it was over!
What a cool afternoon project! We have such awesome neighbors and I am so thankful for all of them!