超真实的青蛙模型旨在取代活体动物解剖

原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/11/hyper-realistic-frog-model-aims-to-replace-live-animal-dissection

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HYPER-REALISTIC FROG MODEL AIMS TO REPLACE LIVE-ANIMAL DISSECTION

超真实的青蛙模型旨在取代活体动物解剖

The modern education tool—which is not soaked in chemicals unlike its live-animal counterpart—was developed to save the three million frogs killed annually for science lessons.

与活体动物解剖不同，这个精心开发的现代教育工具不需要浸泡在化学剂里面，其设计目的是为了拯救科学课堂上每年要杀死的三百万只青蛙。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

2019年11月21日

This week, nearly 100 students in J.W. Mitchell High School in Florida were the first to use dissection education tool SynFrog, a hyper-realistic replacement for living frogs with removable and anatomically correct internal organs. The educational tool was developed by synthetic modelmaker SynDaver in partnership with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

这个星期，美国佛罗里达州的J.W.米切尔高中（JWMHS）有将近100名学生率先使用了解剖教育工具SynFrog（“合成青蛙”）；这个教育工具包含解剖学上正确的可拆装的内脏器官，是活青蛙的超真实替代品。合成模型制造商SynDaver与善待动物组织（PETA）合作研发了这个教育工具。

At least three million frogs are killed annually for school dissection lessons, a practice that often turns children away from careers in science, teaches them to be apathetic toward living beings, and depletes wild frog populations. In addition to being a more humane approach to dissection, the SynFrog is free from chemicals such as formaldehyde and formalin and allows students to interact with organs that are not rendered monochromatic due to chemical baths used to preserve dead frogs. 

学校解剖课每年要杀死至少三百万只青蛙，这种做法通常会迫使一部分儿童放弃科学领域的职业生涯，训练学生们对生物冷漠无情，并耗尽野生的青蛙种群。作为更加人道的解剖方法，SynFrog不使用甲醛和福尔马林等化学剂，可以让学生观察操作各种栩栩如生的器官，不存在因采用化学浴（chemical baths）保存死青蛙而造成的单色现象。

“PETA has promoted virtual dissection for years, but some teachers still request ‘hands-on’ teaching tools—and that’s where the SynFrog comes in,” Shalin Gala, PETA Vice President of International Laboratory Methods, said. “It’s safer, more effective, and more humane than cutting up dead animals—a practice that’s now destined for the trash bin of archaic education methods.” 

“善待动物组织多年来一直在推广虚拟解剖（virtual dissection）方法，但有些老师仍需要‘动手实践’（hands-on）的教学工具──这个时候SynFrog就可以派上用场了，”PETA国际实验室方法副总裁沙林·加拉（Shalin Gala）说道。“切割（解剖）动物尸体的做法现在注定是要被扔进迂腐教育方法的垃圾桶；与之相比，SynFrog教育工具更安全、更有效且更人道。”

Teachers interested in replacing dead frogs with SynFrog can contact PETA or SynDaver for assistance. 

教师们如有兴趣用SynFrog代替死青蛙进行教学，可联系PETA或SynDaver以寻求帮助。