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[–] quixotic120@lemmy.world 91 points 2 months ago (8 children)

“massaging tartrazine solution into hairless mouse skin over the course of a few minutes or using microneedling achieves “complete optical transparency in the red region of the visible spectrum”

I know it didn’t happen this way but I like to believe it was someone having their unwashed dorito fingers after lunch, decided to massage a mouse for several minutes, and figuring this out

[–] sudo 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come to think of it, I didn't see any claims about no animals being harmed...

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It says pretty clearly it's potentially non-toxic!

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I was referring to Lennie, not the dye

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