<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Sergio,<br><br></div>Also be aware of arsenic and possibly other poisons in the bird and mammal mounts / skins<br></div>[see: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__repository.si.edu_bitstream_handle_10088_8134_mci-5FCollections-5FForum-5F2-2C-5F2006.pdf-3Fsequence-3D1-26isAllowed-3Dy&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=0EUa_HTibU0ukB4cdpKuaGEQb0okb47cStOgi4H-Igg&s=iz1XTGicZ5qc4L4opaI8foCIK5-QkxZNi9ZvrInkpdo&e=">https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8134/mci_Collections_Forum_2,_2006.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y</a>]<br><br></div>And although not likely to be present, check all taxa and associated data to determine if there are any type specimens in that collection.<br><br></div>Bill<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Sergio Montagud <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sergio.Montagud@uv.es" target="_blank">Sergio.Montagud@uv.es</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
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I am entomologist, but now I'm also the curator of Zoological collections of the University of Valencia. Last weeks, we received a very large collection (near 800 specimens of birds and mammals) with very old specimens of Vertebrates. Some of them, are reptiles and very bad preserved in old jars as I show in the enclose picture.<br>
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My question is how we should proceed to reubicate and disposal these exemplars? What cain of preserved fluid do you recommend?<br>
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Thank you in advance<br>
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Sergio Montagud<br>
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