“I had jars in my bedroom, much to the chagrin of my mother, you couldn't throw away a mayonnaise jar in my house. That was a specimen jar.”

— George H. Burgess

Source: No. 1 shark expert in Florida? George Burgess https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/sharks/2014/08/10/fla-shark-researcher-international-reputation/13881793/ (August 10, 2014)

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