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| Wasp (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Can you imagine what it would be to see seven and half million wasps under one roof? Don’t worry they are not alive and are well segregated taxonomically. Well, this is what you can expect when you are visiting the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
In its recently released episode of Shelf Life, something that we have sharing at Coffee Table Science, since the day it began, the AMNH takes us to its collection of 7.5 million wasps that is still being catalogued, even though it was donated to the museum in the late 1950’s. Why, because cataloging takes a lot of time and 7.5 million is a massive number.
Interestingly, the entire collection was donated by Alfred Kinsey‘s wife, the same Alfred Kinsey who is known for his revelations of human sexuality. If you would like read more about it, here is our post about How Sexology became a Science.
For now, let’s get back to the 7.5 million wasps in this Shelf Life Episode.
