On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:05:23 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> On 12/23/2011 15:17, andrel wrote:
>> anyway as man is not in any way related to e.g. mice.
> 
> Sure he is.
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2352-just-25-of-dna-turns-mice-
into-men.html
> 
> Indeed, each type of animal has specific types of similarities. Guinea
> pigs (and pigs in general) have very similar blood chemistries, which is
> why it's easy to get diseases from undercooked pork and why "guinea pig"
> is slang for "subject of an experiment".
> 
> Rabbits have very similar eyes and skin, which is why makeup testing
> uses rabbits.
> 
> Chimpanzees have very similar immune systems, which is why you always
> hear in fiction about evil biotech weapon companies having monkeys in
> cages.
> 
> Mice are because peopl ehave developed a strain of white mice that are
> genetically very similar, so you can do repeatable experiments on
> generic animal type stuff (i.e., the 95% or so of DNA we share with all
> mammals).
> 
>> Then again, it is hard for me to understand their logic, if it exist at
>> all.
> 
> Well, put it this way. They don't spend money on animal testing because
> they don't like animals.

Methinks you missed the ironic twist in what he was writing, particularly 
given his background. :)

Jim

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