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Re: humor: unwanted donations
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"Henry B. Crawford" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 May 1996 11:30:50 -0600
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In a message dated 96-05-29 20:30:12 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Hank Burchard)
writes:
>
>Point of order here. If you feed a zoo's rabbit to the zoo's fox, can
>that be called deaccessioning? Isn't that just internal downsizing?
>>

Sounds like the start of a great bio-ed program to me.  An illustration of
how the food chain works.  It teaches valuable ecological lessons while
reducing redundancies on one's live collection.  Not for the overly
sensitive, however.

(Do you know how hard it is to talk with your tongue pressing against the
inside of your cheek?)

HBC

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