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Offline Liz

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Re: Early Naturalists
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2014, 10:52 »
Wow!  I had no idea.  How disgusting. 

Offline Kinderchick

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Re: Early Naturalists
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2014, 08:59 »
Gives one a new perspective on James Audubon. Kinda creepy, if you ask me. :-X

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Re: Early Naturalists
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2014, 08:11 »
Wow, shocking really. You wonder what was going through their minds! I had no idea that this happened, but I guess this is part of the age where aboriginal people (and other non-whites) were not really considered people. Thank you for posting this.

Offline The Peregrine Chick

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Early Naturalists
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2014, 16:15 »
Here's an interesting blog entry about John James Audubon's seemingly common field activities ... times sure have changed ...

John James Audubon, Grave Robber