Published: July 11, 2018
Science by Day-Spy by Night [60 Second Specimens]
Every specimen has a story: these snakes were donated to the Field Museum by Edward Harrison Taylor, a scientist studying reptiles and amphibians -- who was moonlighting as a spy for the United States government.
Other links and sources:
Obituary: Edward Harrison Taylor, 1889 - 1978
Taxonomy: The spy who loved frogs
Edward Harrison Taylor: Recollections of an Herpetologist
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