RatCar is a Car Operated by a Rat's Brain

Animal testing is disgusting.

I know that animal testing goes on, and I'm generally supportive of it, but I wish the scientists would do stuff like this without me seeing it in action. Same way that I don't want to see my steak die. When the end products for humans come out, show me then.

I have seen rats with electrodes in their brains since preschool. While I understand that it is necessary part of experimentation, how does a photo like that encourage humans to look forward to this technology?

Bah rats killed half the population of Europe - time for some payback ;)

Wow, I know you're joking but rats didn't kill people it was the disease in the rats and that still does not justify things like this. I really wish people wouldn't accept ignorance of this kind of thing just for technological advance, it's really pessimistic and speaks poorly of character. Also, there are plenty of humans who are willing to take part in these types of tests, animal testing is outdated and just cruel.

I, for one, wish to welcome our rat-brained robotic overlords.

that rat is thinking 'please kill me'

sick

What gives us the right to impose this cruelty on these animals? Animal testing has to go. It's outdated and unneeded.

This is not neat, it's f----d up, animal don't deserve to be treated like this.

@CatRSQ

"Animal testing has to go. It's outdated and unneeded."

That's a pretty sweeping statement. Sure you are right that many types of animal testing ARE outdated and uneeded (such as testing cosmetics), but animal testing is a crucial part of the medical industry in developing new, more effective medicines, and establishing their safeness.

I agree with Jessss. Animal testing is a vital step in the development of medical devices that save millions of lives per year. The idea that there are plenty of people that would sign up for the appropriate tests is foolish on too many levels to list. How about the people who think animal testing is abhorrent and cruel wave the use of all lifesaving medical techniques on themselves that involved animal testing?

The bigger problem is that people involved with kind of testing are often (in my opinion) desensitized to importance of an animal's life and perform unnecessary tests. Cosmetics are one egregious example. As is bio-compatibility of materials. I think we could greatly reduce the lost of life in test animals by small modifications in government and testing protocols.

Vivisection rules!

At first the rat was unhappy with his weird, cumbersome getup. Then he saw some little dogs forced to wear costumes and sweaters. Now he counts his blessings.

Although I realize that medical testing is sometimes unavoidable, unnecessary and trivial use of animals is ethically and morally wrong.

It looks like Christine O'Donnell was right about scientists creating mice with human brains! Quick, somebody save our internets!

Thinking about dropping Neatorama-website,since noticing more& more posts of animal suffering being caused by 'humans.

i have never once complained about a post here but...this one is definitely something i do NOT want to see a photo of. i despise animal testing - although i know that some of it is necessary. what's NOT necessary is posting a photo of one of these unfortunate animals with its brain exposed, strapped into a 'RatCar'. i can't unsee that photo and that is not only NOT NEAT, it sucks.

It's not the rat, it's us.

If you dislike putting a worm on a hook, it does not matter that the worm may not feel pain like you and I, it is that we can live with ourselves with the appearance of pain caused by ourselves.

I am no high-horser, I go to a sushi restaurant and order soft shell crab, and seeing the crab plucked out of the tank.

I just hope I don't get to a point where I don't feel bad about it.

Disgusting. Animal testing of any kind is disgusting. You would think in such an "advanced" world, we would have other methods of learning and experimenting.

It's disgusting that it's treated so light-heartedly, as seen in Neatorama putting up such a post. Shame.

I am hoping no one in the "animal testing of any kind is disgusting" crowd never needs or has taken penicillin, insulin, chemotherapy or a heart bypass. Without animal testing, none of these would have come to be.

I believe that we should be good stewards of the world, including its wildlife. There is indeed no excuse for animal testing for cosmetics and other trivial things. I also understand that computer modeling and analysis can (and has) replace much of this testing. But in no way can I argue that a rat's life is equal to a human's, and if this kind of testing will one day allow an amputee to easily ambulate then I am not one to sit in judgement.

And hiding your head in the sand is no answer either. If you can't face the fact that your medicines and foods are the result of the sacrifices of animals, then you deserve neither.

Seeing this picture saddens me. I have had many pet rats. They are intelligent and affectionate, and I have grown very fond of them. But to not accept and fully face the truth of the necessity of some animal testing is just weak and cowardly.

accepting the fact does not mean that i need to see it pop up unexpectedly. i would prefer to be given the choice to see it or not - perhaps i would like to "fully face the truth..." a little later on - not sandwiched in between a video of 'Adorable Bunny Rabbits in Paper Cups' and a post about 'Light-Sensitive Musical Instrument is Played by Moving Your Fingertips'.

Error94>Previous medical tests that got "penicillin, insulin, chemotherapy or a heart bypass" etc are done. There is nothing that can be changed about the tests of the past. But there is something that can be done with future testing. You would think with such advanced science, society would fund ways into researching new methods then just throwing money at old testing schemes. How long have we been looking for a cure for Cancer?