Scientists going all the way back to Galileo have secretly abused corpses in the pursuit of knowledge. Modern researchers are no different. Thanks to the vigilance of Karl Fogel, we now know that scientists studying the Atlantic Ocean garbage patch have been throwing dead pigs into the sea just to see what happens next. Yes, that’s shocking and gross, and just like in the Whitewater scandal, it’s the coverup that is the crime.
National Geographic originally (maybe accidentally?) revealed the dead pig experiment in an article about the garbage patch. You can clearly see references to the dead pigs in this screenshot of Google’s search results. The National Geographic article, though, makes no mention of the pigs at all. They scrubbed the record, and even got to the usually uncorruptible Internet Archive.
Why the coverup, National Geographic? Who are you protecting?!
Anybody with information on who has the most to gain from the dead pig conspiracy should email me urgently.
Why exactly is that shocking and gross? Man up and realize that progress isn’t made by the squeamish and weak.
Forgot to mention: animal “rights” wienies like PETA must have threatened nervous nellies at the NGS.