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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by fiter on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:08PM (#19516632)
And the precursor to the African clawed frogs test was the Rabbit test[0] where a rabbit would be injected with human urine. Unfortunately for the rabbits, the test required killing them to examine their ovaries.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_test

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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by hornbaker on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:55PM (#19517015)
"You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died"

- Aerosmith, Sweet Emotion

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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by Roboprog on Thursday March 28, 2019 @05:58PM (#19517036)
Yes it did!

Oh the odd connections between all these living things and their chemicals.

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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ... by ralusek on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:08PM (#19518275)
See now this one makes sense to me, but the frog one seems crazy. If I wanted to know if I was pregnant, my first thought would have instinctively been rabbits.
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