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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this has been discussed before, but I am wondering what kinds of solutions people have when several species need to be placed into the same spirit receptacle. In our case, I am talking about mid-sized terrestrial vertebrates….we
have a drum shortage because of a factory fire and we’re a bit desperate. The specimens all have registration tags attached to them, so it’s not a matter of not getting the specimens mixed up permanently, it’s simply an issue of ease of finding the species
and the specimen in a mixed drum. One solution I think I have heard people talking about is placing specimens into mesh fabric bags to keep them separate…the kind that holds delicates like bras for the wash springs to mind, but I am not sure about their archival
nature, and I don’t want to create a future problem. I guess I could use zip loc bags with holes in them for fluid flow, but again I am not sure that’s a great long-term solution. I suppose I could even sew some archival fabric bags with a sinch top, but
if there is a ready-made solution I would prefer that. I also wonder whether there is an easy way to label or find the separate bags – I kind of imagine a fishing float with registration numbers engraved in it or something like that….but again that’s probably
not archival in ethanol. Anyway, any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Tonya<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">-------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr. Tonya M. Haff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Collection Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Australian National Wildlife Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">CSIRO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">+61(0)419569109<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anwc">https://www.csiro.au/en/about/facilities-collections/collections/anwc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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