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Re: dermestid colony
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Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 21 Dec 1995 19:51:48 -0500
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On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Anne Douglas wrote:

> Speaking as someone who has worked exclusively in art museums, could
> someone please explain *why* such a colony would be established in the
> first place?  Thanks and Merry Christmas!

     The bugs clean meat and tissues from the bones of specimens without
damaging skeletal material the way boiling and chemical agents do.

      Hank Burchard * [log in to unmask] * Washington DC

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