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 Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania.

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Martti Niskanen
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PostSubject: Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania.   Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania. Icon_minitimeFri 5 Nov - 3:35
I guess this counts as a herping trip.... well, maybe not, but at least it's herp-related travel:

Winter is very much here and with the nighttime temperatures reaching -5C, going out to find adders seems a distant memory.
However, there are always museums and zoological collections. The ladyfriend and I are both museum nerds and when we went to Lithuania for a weekend away, of course we had to visit the natural history museum in the university city of Kaunas. We weren't expecting anything great but ended up being really impressed by this well made and kept old-school, soviet-style collection.

I was given permission to take photos, so here you go.

Museum in general: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55481756@N04/sets/72157625305686288/
Herpetology collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55481756@N04/sets/72157625306187902/


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Martti
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Ambros Mathier
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PostSubject: Re: Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania.   Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania. Icon_minitimeFri 5 Nov - 16:43
Thanks for posting.
Very interesting. I haven't been in a museum for a long time. You just gave me e good idea what to do in winter months.

here a link to the second pic in the "herpetology collection". (Amphisbaena alba) I never heard from this species. What a Face
http://americanmonsters.com/site/2010/02/amphisbaena-greece/

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Ambros
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PostSubject: Re: Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania.   Old-school zoological collection in Lithuania. Icon_minitimeFri 5 Nov - 19:03
Interesting... Good collection, and some nicely preserved specimens. Thank you for posting this, Mr. Niskanen. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .
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