Word: silverfish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...warehouse will have filtered air and temperature and humidity controls. In the past, collections have been damaged because of heat and overcrowding. Silverfish have eaten labels off objects, leaving them with no identification. Leather has desiccated, wood has cracked and animal skins have split because of erratic temperatures. And periodically, in hot weather, beetle eggs unexpectedly hatch and the insects eat their way through plant specimens in the botany department. Security will be tight, to avoid embarrassing losses like last summer's theft of one set of George Washington's false teeth...