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Preparing Specimens
Silvia: Hi I’m Silvia I work in the conservation department here at the Australian Museum.
When it comes to Deep Oceans we have actually been involved in a lot of the preparation
of the specimens to be exhibition worthy.
And the process has been a long and drawn out one. And it has involved moving transferring
all our specimens from an ethanol closure which is a sort of traditional way to keep
the specimens.
Silvia: To a glycerol, we wanted to get away from using ethanol in our exhibitions. So
glycerol is a pretty good solution. It is found in a lot of everyday applications. In
food, you can find it in fat-free foods as a plumper as a sweetener. And we are actually
using it to store all our specimens for the exhibition.
It is a long process. So we have our original specimens in the ethanol we cant plum them
straight into the exhibition glycerol solution. We have to actually do a transfer from ethanol
to a 33% solution, and then to a 50% and then finally to a 65% glycerol and deionised water
he is actually a relation of the very well known Mr Blobby. He is a blob fish. But he
He is an incredible specimens and I think he will be very popular in the exhibition.