Beaver + Vacuum =

Something I never want to do again. At the Utah Museum of Natural
History we have taxidermied animals. They are in cases but those cases are not sealed tight.
So bugs get in. Well our beaver, affectionately named Barry, had an infestation. So we put him
in a deep, deep, deep freeze (-70) for three days. Then two days out, then three more days in.
One his two days out we had to pull the bugs off and vacuum him clean. With a small dental
vacuum.I think
that was one of the oddest things I have ever done, or ever will do in my life. Weird. Just
pay too much attention to the fact that my hair looks funny with a mask. But I mean - who does
this stuff?