out of curiosity: did you know that natural history museums have vast collections of specimens behind the scenes that biologists use for research?
yep!
what?? no??
and when i say "specimens" i don't mean taxidermied mounts made to look lifelike for exhibit, i'm talking about the thousands to millions of specimens lying in drawers and shelves like this:
asking because i didn't know this until i was in high school. reblogs greatly appreciated, i want to reach as far out of science nerd tumblr as possible!











