I will be giving a blood splatter wet lab for a student convention next year. {In this context, a wet lab is one in which the participants do something with their hands rather than just sit and listen to a talk.}
I will be giving a little talk on the physics of blood splatter. Next, each student will get their own sample to measure/analyze. The final part is a “crime scene” in which the students will need to measure the splatter patterns on the walls and floor to come up with a story about how the blood got there and determine if the “eye-witness” description of what went down is supported by the evidence.
Even if none of the students ever actually uses the information (it’s for veterinary students, not crime scene technicians) the conference organizers thought it would be a fun and interesting time.
What is tripping me up is that the organizer has asked if I can come up with a catchy name, not Blood Splatter Analysis Wet Laboratory. All I can come up with are things that sound like bad film noir titles like: The Truth is Written in Blood.
I don’t have a name for you, yet. But I’m confused about your post.
Huh? What, are there who veterinarians investigate why Fluffy the cat was brought in with a head wound or something?
“Hmmm, Mrs. Johnson. You said Fluffy fell down the stairs, but our evidence suggests you hit her on the head with this fireplace poker on step number three.”
Yes, it’s for veterinary forensic medicine. And, just like the kid with multiple broken bones and the story that he’s clumsy and fell down the stairs, the injuries on an animal can either be consistent with the history or not.
Much more typically, it’s more along the lines of: “It was self-defense, I had to shoot my neighbor’s dog because he was attacking me.”
If the dead dog has wounds that indicate that the bullet entered his back half and exited his front half, then the story of the shooter being attacked is not very credible, and it is more likely the dog was shot as it was running away.
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