Getting the chance to see a sheep being dissected would be stomach-churning to many people but after the initial shock wore off a group of Bay students just couldn't look away.
The three-hour dissection of the farm ewe took place at the University of Waikato's coastal marine field station at Sulphur Point yesterday.
Twenty-three students from seven local colleges got the chance to watch Dr Scott Raleigh, the owner of Barkes Corner Vet Hospital, perform the dissection of the donated ewe.
During the hands-on lecture and dissection Dr Raleigh opened up the sheep's four stomachs, liver, small intestines, reproductive organs and also cut away the brain from its skull
Dr Raleigh said he was rapt by the students' interest.