cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/46483072
You're saying that the rat in an icing bag meme is real!?
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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Well that's just micing on the cake.
It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the tube again.
That's a rat though
You need to tie-die some lab coats now.
And you will be pied pipers.
(Edit I hope OP work in a lab and not Petco or some shit, otherwise "some experiments" sounds pretty ominous)
Gross behaviour, free the mice!
This picture gives me claustrophobia
Moustrophobia was right there.
I want one for my cats.
Hoboken style, baby!
so what does this do?
is it a punishment?
It's called a "decapicone", it's for humanely decapitating lab mice
I don't like it, but I have done so very many cervical dislocations. For my psyche, better than asphyxiation.
D:
They're easier to use for trials like this
angel, if only....
Not that anyone cares this is almost impossible to read on desktop
You are on desktop. You have so many ways to deal with that problem it's not even funny.
And I am aware of zero of them so welcome to my blocklist unhelpful person
I can open the image and zoom it.
