drying specimens in humid conditions

[Liz Day]

 >You do have a dilemma.

Yeah.   I wonder what people do in the tropics.  A friend in North Carolina 
claims he dries all his stuff in a frost-free refrigerator, as the humidity 
there is simply too high to ever get anything to dry.

 >FAT. It melts.

Yes, am planning to remove and degrease abdomens after they are dry.

 >.... I now freeze them, slice open their abdomen, remove the cold 
contents, stuff with cotton, super glue the incision, and by now they have 
thawed and I mount them.

Why freeze first, why not just cut open?

Liz 


 
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