I think that we are parsing a bit here.

Small museums or large, accredited or not, sending unsolicited and infested 
collections objects through the mail without any prior communication?

This definitely doesn't qualify as "Intelligent Design"!

I would repackage it in plastic and send it right back to them with the 
educational note in an envelope and written on the outside in big letters, "NO 
THANKS!"

Cheers
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California  USA

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