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Rat on a stick? Yummmmm!
Chipotle?
Rat on a stick? Yummmmm!
Chipotle?
Yes, they are. No, that doesn't mean that we came from rats. It just means that rats make a good substitute for humans in research. The effects found in the rat population are pretty accurately transferred to the human population.
I will have to disagree with that statement. Thalidomide was tested on animals and found to be safe. Well, it wasn't safe for the unborn human babies as they were born with deformity - usually in the limbs. Mice and rats were resistant to it.
Source: Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals. C. Ray Greek, MD & Jean Swingle Greek, DVM. Page 45.