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__**Staten Island Museum**__

Staten Island Museum is a historic landmark who's mission is to enrich and educate individuals on the many wonders the island is home to. From animals to different rocks....they have it all. The Staten Island museum has a certain section of animals; the jarred animals. These animals are also called the "Wet Collection." The section contains a variety of animals. Some of these animals are the bull frog, the grosbeak nestling, the desert western lizard, long finned squid eggs, the box turtle, turtle eggs, and the star nosed mole. Basically, anything from snakes, to moles, to fish. The animals were collected from 1899 all the way to 1982. The animals are preserved in jars with eighty percent of concentrated alcohol. This method of preservation is used when an animal is soft-bodied(like a worm or squid) or does not tax The bullfrog was the first animal found in 1899. The animals are very important to society because they could help our ecosystem and to understand our past to help predict our future.