-----Original Message----- From: ASIH Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 11:45 am Subject: Assistance for Butantan Institute
Dear friends, By now most of you may have heard of the terrible accident that wiped the largest snake and invertebrate collection in Brazil (80,000 snake specimens and 450,000 invertebrates). There aren't many large collections in Brazil, and this is by far the largest lost we ever had of scientific material. The collection contained the largest geographic coverage, the largest number of type specimens, and the largest number of ongoing projects on snake taxonomy in the country. Students lost their dissertations and thesis, professors lost a life of research. It is hard to quantify the magnitude of this lost at the moment, but the accident will likely defray the growth of our knowledge on neotropical snake taxonomy for decades. At this moment researchers in Brazil have been discussing how we can help. The building will need to be demolished, as the fire condemned it beyond reconstruction. Specimen donations will occur only after this problem is solved. Another terrible aspect of this accident was the lost of bibliographic material. Again, as with collections, we do not have many comprehensive libraries. The curator of the snake collection, Dr. Francisco Franco (aka Kiko) is a bibliophile and likely had one of the largest libraries on neotropical snakes. All his books and reprints were lost in the fire. Many of us have spare reprints and book copies. Because of this, we are now organizing donations to the herpetology lab of Butantan Institute. If you could please advertise this to anyone who can help, we would be very grateful. Donations can be sent to the following address: * Dr. Francisco Franco Instituto Butantan Laboratório de Herpetologia Av. Doutor Vital Brazil, 1500, São Paulo, SP 05503-900* *Brazil* __._,_.___ <[email protected]?subject=assistance+for+butantan+institute> | através de email<[email protected]?subject=assistance+for+butantan+institute>| Responder através da web<http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecopop/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxNGh2OGdtBF9TAzk3NDkwNDM3BGdycElkAzE4MTM3Njg0BGdycHNwSWQDMjEzNzI5NDI2NQRtc2dJZAMyOTQ2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI3NDM2MTk4Mg--?act=reply&messageNum=2946>| Adicionar um novo tópico<http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecopop/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmY3VxdGRlBF9TAzk3NDkwNDM3BGdycElkAzE4MTM3Njg0BGdycHNwSWQDMjEzNzI5NDI2NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNzQzNjE5ODI-> Mensagens neste tópico<http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecopop/message/2946;_ylc=X3oDMTM1YmNjbjc4BF9TAzk3NDkwNDM3BGdycElkAzE4MTM3Njg0BGdycHNwSWQDMjEzNzI5NDI2NQRtc2dJZAMyOTQ2BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI3NDM2MTk4MgR0cGNJZAMyOTQ2>( 1) Atividade nos últimos dias: Visite seu Grupo<http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/ecopop;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcmNlbXZsBF9TAzk3NDkwNDM3BGdycElkAzE4MTM3Njg0BGdycHNwSWQDMjEzNzI5NDI2NQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyNzQzNjE5ODI-> Solteiras! Mulheres carentes que buscam um companheiro.<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15mh4tade/M=758712.13877138.13906054.12960164/D=brclubs/S=2137294265:MKP1/Y=BR/EXP=1274369182/L=4849f3a4-6413-11df-b1ba-2bc2cf4c00dd/B=F8MhQmKJiUI-/J=1274361982400249/K=Nc3Z.IeWYNChNvAVt2h6iw/A=6069967/R=0/id=mkp1/SIG=135fbiras/*http://tracking.parperfeito.com.br/ppbanner/bannerTracker?originId=1&identifierId=374352&actionId=1> ------------------------------ Mais de 6 mil novas vagas de EMPREGO por dia. CLIQUE e faça uma Busca!<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15m1shjnq/M=758745.13877849.13934748.12960164/D=brclubs/S=2137294265:MKP1/Y=BR/EXP=1274369182/L=4849f3a4-6413-11df-b1ba-2bc2cf4c00dd/B=GMMhQmKJiUI-/J=1274361982400249/K=Nc3Z.IeWYNChNvAVt2h6iw/A=6010470/R=0/SIG=13mn36eau/*http://parceiros.catho.com.br/go.phtml?origem=yah&parceiro=4&acao=7&url6=1&url=v.catho.com.br%2Fbuscar%2Fempregos%2F> ------------------------------ Veja os imóveis mais vendidos em Rio de Janeiro no Yahoo! Imóveis<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15mp4bq40/M=758738.13877645.13872256.12960164/D=brclubs/S=2137294265:MKP1/Y=BR/EXP=1274369182/L=4849f3a4-6413-11df-b1ba-2bc2cf4c00dd/B=GcMhQmKJiUI-/J=1274361982400249/K=Nc3Z.IeWYNChNvAVt2h6iw/A=5952911/R=0/id=mkp1/SIG=14tm3gtlf/*http://yahoo.zap.com.br/imoveis/busca-de-imoveis-simples.aspx?utm_source=yahoo.com.br&utm_medium=emailsutm_campaign=yahoo.com.brimoveismais-vendidosrj_home> [image: Yahoo! Grupos]<http://br.groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJldmNsNzBnBF9TAzk3NDkwNDM1BGdycElkAzE4MTM3Njg0BGdycHNwSWQDMjEzNzI5NDI2NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI3NDM2MTk4Mg--> Trocar para: Só Texto<[email protected]?subject=mudar+formato+de+envio:+Tradicional>, Resenha Diária<[email protected]?subject=envio+de+email:+Resenha>• Sair do grupo <[email protected]?subject=sair+do+grupo> • Termos de uso <http://br.yahoo.com/info/utos.html> . __,_._,___
