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Spider Myths | Curious Taxonomy | The World Spider Catalog - Theraphosidae
"We are all taxonomists." -Judith Winston
"The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity." -Edward Osborne Wilson
"Principle of Priority - the oldest fool is always right!" -H. Segers & Y. Samyn -
Damn, such a shame.
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Fire in Instituto Butantan
That's a great loss to science, but fortunately no one seems to have been hurt.
All those alcohol specimens. Must have been one heck of a fire.
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That is not the news you want to hear.
Science loses out again ... tis sad.
not the sort of thing you can just put back in place in a few months either...
Old alcohol bottles Phil, not good eh? would be almost like fighting a losing battle for the firecrewsDon't forget to learn what you can, when you can, where you can.
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How sad, seems there were specimens not yet described lost in the fire, such a blow to science.
though at least their records and notes of the work done so far have been saved. xOwner of:A. chalcodes "Rio", X.immanis "Cuervo" and OBT sling "Salsa"
Mummy of:Yelina (4 yrs old, RIP GBB juvie "Kama")Blake (2 yrs old, owner of juvie L. parahybana "Nachos")Comment
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Oh dear, thats is indeed a huge loss!
As Phil said though, it's good that no one was hurt.Comment
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For those interested, a Brazilian user on AB made a translation better than that of google translate: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/show....php?p=1654384Spider Myths | Curious Taxonomy | The World Spider Catalog - Theraphosidae
"We are all taxonomists." -Judith Winston
"The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity." -Edward Osborne Wilson
"Principle of Priority - the oldest fool is always right!" -H. Segers & Y. SamynComment
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I just got the information that some microscopes, loaned material, books and computers were saved.Spider Myths | Curious Taxonomy | The World Spider Catalog - Theraphosidae
"We are all taxonomists." -Judith Winston
"The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity." -Edward Osborne Wilson
"Principle of Priority - the oldest fool is always right!" -H. Segers & Y. SamynComment
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gutted.....................dont know what to sayComment
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Seconded. In shock.Originally posted by Ray Gabriel View PostA, abdomen, abstain, ace, advantage, aegis, ajar, aluminium, ambidextrous, angel, angle, ant, aphid, apple, Arachnida, arachnology: an awesome activity!Comment
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What a shocker - that will set-back Neotropical theraphosid taxonomy by decades!
And that's why types of new species should always be placed in several museums (and preferably different countries in case of war, terrorist attacks etc...). Don't keep all your eggs in one basket...
Don't expect a revision of the Avicularia any time soon!!!
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I just noticed:
Fire in Instituto Butantan
Started by Zoltan Mihaly Lestyan
I hope you have a good lawyer Zoltan
RichardComment
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Hi Richard,
I don't know what theraphosid types were/are in IB... but according to the latest information I received, the material Bertani is working with wasn't destroyed, and thus Bertani isn't affected. Brescovit, Almeida, Rheims... well, I don't envy them.
Spider Myths | Curious Taxonomy | The World Spider Catalog - Theraphosidae
"We are all taxonomists." -Judith Winston
"The laws of biology are written in the language of diversity." -Edward Osborne Wilson
"Principle of Priority - the oldest fool is always right!" -H. Segers & Y. SamynComment
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Absolutely devastating.
That sounds about right Zoltan, as as far as i can see it is the main collections building, where many kind people as you mention had years of their research, including other kindly mygal experts Sylvia Lucas, Rafael Indicatti and Flavio Yamamoto, among the others you mention. These collections were huge and very important. If its the section i know directly, then i was in there just in there last summer, this is totally devastating.
My heart goes out to all of them for these huge losses.
We as a society should be ready to support them in whatever way possible.Comment
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It's amazing something like this happens in such an important Institute... a huge loss indeed.Comment
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