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Science writer @NatGeo. @MIT_SciWrite & @VanderbiltU alum. michael.greshko@natgeo.com • DM for Signal/WhatsApp
Sep 5, 2018 11 tweets 2 min read
THREAD: I just got an update from one of the #MuseuNacional's curators, Débora Pires, on the current status of the collections. Here's what we know has been lost, what we know has been saved, and what's still unknown. #LutoMuseuNacional 1/ The entire entomological collection, some 5 million specimens, has been lost. They were in the palace, the main building. 2/