July 30, 2009 15:30 by
megWhat?
Photo: Meg Lomax Source: Museum Victoria
No really, there is an explanation...
So, the enquirer who inspired Philip's posting below about the yellow and worm-like beastie was standing in the centre having his planarian identified when he noticed our "pre-loved" stuffed quoll, sitting high up on a shelf, leering down on us all. And by pre-loved, I mean dusty and earless. We brought him down from his position on high so the enquirer could do a bit of leering back. It was a leer-off. I think the quoll won.
The quoll remained down with us for the next few hours, during which the Museum's Manager for Corporate Risk and OH&S wandered past and also could not help but be drawn in by the quoll's extremely intense gaze... or maybe it was just his dusty and earless appearance, since the subsequent question was: "When was the last time that quoll was vacuumed?"
Said quoll is now out the back of the centre awaiting his chariot/goods-trolley to the "Day Spa"/Preparation Department for some apparently much-needed R&R (restoration and rejuvenation).
207cfd5f-71cc-4082-a9bd-2cd9111e55a3|2|5.0