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That's so....weird...
Apr 29, 2010 15:46
"The frogs gained popularity as a low-cost pregnancy test in the 1940s and 1950s. Doctors would inject a frog with a woman's urine, and if she was pregnant, the frog would ovulate and produce eggs in 8 to 10 hours."
from here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.
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zalena
April 29 2010, 23:09:10 UTC
Rabbits were also used in a similar way in the 20s and 30s, though this test required the subsequent rabbit autopsy to verify results.
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ocschwar
April 30 2010, 18:09:52 UTC
Any technology involving amphibians will be indistinguishable from magic.
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