>>I enquired about the current status of this study and its animals yesterday. I was told the current status could not be reported. I was also told that no artificial heat will be provided throughout the course of the study, however animals wll be offered hibernaculums of various depths.

>>Whether I believe that I do not know given the relation of the researchers to the USGS group.

>>Warren

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>>Dr Warren Booth / Director USARK

>>North Carolina State University

>>Department of Entomology

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Dr. Booth,



Thanks for the update. Given the circumstances and a polite, personal e-mail exchange I had with one of the professors in charge of the study, I don't think they have *any* credibility. Hence my sarcasm.



In all seriousness, has USARK considered conducting (or commissioning a third party to conduct) a similar experiment? If the guys in charge of the current experiment are on the up and up, I would think they would welcome another group to try to reproduce their results.



Thanks,

Ed

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