<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>We have a project for which our scientific illustrator needs to draw salamanders/frogs from the spirit collection. The specimens are stored in 70% alcohol (some of them probably have been fixed in formalin before but I am not sure) and during the drawing process they take them out of the jar and submerge them in water. This can take hours. I think this is not good for the specimens and will damage them eventually, also because after that we put them into 70% alcohol again. This will be quite a shock to the tissue I guess. But because they always did it like this, I started doubting myself. What do you think?</div><div><br></div><div>Would there be some other substance to put the specimens in during the drawing process that would be less damaging for the specimens and also not intoxicate the illustrator? Or maybe we could use a lower percentage of alcohol? </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks, any comment on this appreciated.</div><div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Esther Dondorp</div><div><br></div><div><font size="1">Collection manager Reptiles and Amphibians, Naturalis</font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><br></div></div><p><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><br></font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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