Is animal testing worth the cost?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Did you know rats are very smart and curious creatures? They laugh when they are tickled, they can take care of each other, and they are actually quite clean. Millions of them are also used in painful scientific experiments to test new drugs and medical theories. Researchers do all this to help humans. But some say these animals deserve a better life. So, what should we do?

Brains Trust – Linden Park Primary School, Adelaide – Linda, Elina, Jescinta, Dhyana, Siera, Justine

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0:00.0	ABC Listen.
0:04.0	Gosh, it's such a beautiful day. I love this park so much, Carl. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining.
0:12.0	The sun is not shining. It's completely dark out.
0:15.0	Carl, you're still in your PJs and you're wearing your sleeping mask. Take that off.
0:20.0	It is sunny out cute.
0:23.0	How did you walk all the way here from your house without tripping over?
0:26.0	Oh, no, no, I tripped over a lot.
0:28.0	That's why my knee is all scratched up.
0:30.0	Oh, you poor sweet.
0:32.0	Hey, what's that?
0:34.0	Oh, I think it's an early sign of a knee infection from where I tripped.
0:37.0	No, over there, it's a little rat.
0:40.0	Oh, a tiny baby rat who, hey little angel, clearly wants Molly to be her mama because she's climbing right into my hands.
0:51.0	Oh, and she wants Carl to be her Papa because she's looking up at me with those cute little eyes.
0:57.0	Carl, I have always wanted to take our friendship to the next level by co-parenting a rat together.
1:03.0	Oh my God, I'm so glad you said that out loud.
1:05.0	Me too.
1:06.0	She's so cuddly.
1:08.0	Hey, what's this little mark on her tummy?
1:11.0	Huh.
1:12.0	Test subject 7049 from the Clarksville Laboratory. Wait. Laboratory?
1:20.6	That's weird. Why would a rat get a tattoo that has the name of a laboratory on it and who tattoos rats anyway?
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