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The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died (www.wired.com)
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[–] kevin@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Animal testing need not be gruesome - and indeed must not be according to most IACUCs and IRB approvals.

Typically, minimizing animal suffering and humane procedures for determining when and how to euthanize animals is typically a big part of getting sign off for this kind of thing.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

“Gruesome” is just a clickbait word used here by whoever wrote the article.