[Nhcoll-l] Preparing turtles

[John E Simmons]

How are you going to prepare the frozen turtles (as alcohol preps,
skeletons?), what kind of turtles are they, and why do you need to know the
age and sex of them?

--John

John E. Simmons
Writer and Museum Consultant
Museologica
*and*
Associate Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
*and*
Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima


On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 5:19 PM <Tonya.Haff at csiro.au> wrote:

> Hello all,
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> I am getting ready to prepare some salvaged turtles we have in our
> freezers. I’d like to age and sex them before preparing them, but (it’s
> clear here I’m not a herp person) I’m not sure how to do so without
> dissecting them – which for turtles in particular is not ideal. Any
> suggestions or references would be appreciated!
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> Cheers,
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> Tonya
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