<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Very interesting discussion and suggestions for what to do with old taxidermy mounts.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I have attached two decision tables from a draft of a manuscript under preparation for a publication on the care of natural history collections. Any comments or suggestions on the tables will be appreciated.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">--John</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">John E. Simmons<br>Writer and Museum Consultant</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Museologica<br><i>and</i><br>Associate Curator of Collections<br>Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>Penn State University<br><i>and</i><br>Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia<br>Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima</span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:22 AM Leslie L Skibinski <<a href="mailto:lls94@cornell.edu">lls94@cornell.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2805220585224050402">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">No one has mentioned the possibility that these taxidermied mounts may contain arsenic, mercury etc. Before doing anything with them they should be tested. If you work with them make sure to use protective
equipment. If they do contain “bad stuff” they need to be disposed of as hazardous waste. I don’t know what that may entail in the EU. Maybe someone else could weigh in on that aspect.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">--Leslie<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Leslie L. Skibinski<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sergio Montagud<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 25, 2023 7:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Horrible ;-) taxidermized birds and mammals<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last week we received some items of taxidermized birds and mammals in a very bad condition. Not only they are bad preserved, with dust and feather/hair fallen, also they have no data about origin, date or taxidermist. There are not interesting
species, all are common except five or six that could be considered as rare. <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This type of donations is frequent because most people are received now properties of their families that traditionally have these kinds of pieces.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would ask you if anyone have experienced with these sorts of exx. and try to reuse in other terms. I want to say if they take them, extract the skull, and discard the rest or something like these. Ideas and experiences are welcome. Evidently,
invest time to recover these is not considered.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Thanks a lot<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Sergio<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Sergio Montagud Alario<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Museu [UV] Història Natural<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Universitat de València<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD">e-mail: <a href="mailto:sergio.montagud@uv.es" target="_blank">
sergio.montagud@uv.es</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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