I think that I'd probably talk to folks at the Smithsonian rather than Mr. McCormick. Frightening the staff, indeed. The SI puts those pesky dermestid beetles to work cleaning off the odd bits of flesh and hair. Then they kill the beetles lest they run amok in the museum. Carole E. Nowicke Assistant Librarian Indiana Prevention Resource Center <http://www.drugs.indiana.edu> [log in to unmask] <http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~cnowicke>