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Flesh-Eating 'Superworms' Could Become the Museum's New Cleaning Crew

via Smithsonian Magazine·21h ago

A new study suggests superworms strip flesh from bone more gently than dermestid beetles, chemical treatments or boiling, the standard methods that can damage delicate specimens. Museums may end up with a faster and safer skeleton crew.

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