<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Please post this request to the listserv:<br><br></div>Hi All, I'm currently working on a book project about newly-described species with long shelf lives -- i.e. species that were collected and then stored in a collection for decades, or even a century or longer, before the specimen was found and described. It'll be a large-format book with lots of images and narratives of the discoveries. Should be a good way to remind people of the importance of natural history collections and biorepositories. But I need as many examples as possible so that I can choose interesting species from across as many orders as possible. So please let me know. It can be a mouse or an exotic tick; a snake, or a weevil, or a bird. Everything is equally valuable! Please email me with the slimmest lead at <a href="mailto:cjkemp@gmail.com">cjkemp@gmail.com</a><br><br></div>Best,<br><br>--ck<br clear="all"><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">"I am getting so far out, one day I won't come back at all." <br><br>-- William S. <span>Burroughs</span></div></div>
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