[Nhcoll-l] help deciphering unknown symbol for mammal specimen

[Brian Sidlauskas]

Entertainingly, this sparked a local discussion at Oregon State about
whether this was the mark of the ³Weasel Illuminati.²

One of my colleagues suggested that it would make a good tattoo . . . .

‹ Brian

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From:  <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Simon Moore
<couteaufin at btinternet.com>
Date:  Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 3:06 PM
To:  Andrew Charles Bentley <abentley at ku.edu>
Cc:  "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject:  Re: [Nhcoll-l] help deciphering unknown symbol for mammal specimen

Yes, I am  certain that is how i have seen it used but I wasn¹t so sure
until Andy's opinion concurred.

With all good wishes, Simon.

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
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On 28 Jul 2015, at 22:09, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu> wrote:

> Dawn
>  
> The ³Zero over Infinity² symbol is most often associated with an indeterminate
> status so I can only assume that someone used this to classify something about
> the specimen indeterminate ­ its location, its disposition, its size.  Maybe
> you can decipher what from the context of the other text.
>  
> Andy
>  
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>     V                V                V
> Andy Bentley
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