My friend Tom and I found this letter lying on the side of a display about prehistoric ocean life in the Hall of Oceans in the U.S. Natural History Museum. It was folded around a flyer about sharks, which may explain the part of the letter about the dad being bitten by a shark which he believes to be a non-native alien species from Argentina or Chile.
We Googled the “International Congress on Peer Reviews and Editorial Guidelines” but could find no such group or person. I will say that I completely agree with the letter writer about not wanting to be decapitated for the sake of science. That would totally suck. And I will totally drink Sun-Kissed Orange Juice after reading this.
on July 22, 2013 at 10:36 pm
This. This is the epitome of all things which are found. This speaks to me more than any work of literature ever could. This rings with a story more truthful and honest than a life some call real, and drips with such a heart-breaking agony and disappointment in not wanting to meet all those scientists all because of a non-native shark.
I shall forever accurse non-native sharks.
on July 26, 2013 at 12:58 pm
The JAMA editorial review board happens a couple of times a year, but it’s usually in Chicago, I work for the publication so maybe I should find the doctor who wrote this!