[meteorite-list] Tucson Auction

[Adam Hupe]

Termites are pretty fragile and only keep their wings for a short period of 
time.  A wing flexible test indicated that the time of death had to be near the 
time of impact. A few weeks worth of drying out and the wings would have fallen 
off.  They were swept up with the rest of the debris at the scene.  Maybe they 
were buried alive under the rest of the debris.  There is no doubt in my mind 
the the meteorite impact caused their demise.

Best Regards,

Adam






----- Original Message ----
From: "cdtucson at cox.net" <cdtucson at cox.net>
To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; Adam Hupe 
<raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 9:16:35 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Auction

Adam,
Forgive me but I had to Google this termite sale to believe it.
All due respect to you Adam I just think this is great. 
I was at the auction and I wondered at the time why anyone would pay $70.00 for 
a dead termite carcass. 

Now I know. This poor termite probably never saw it coming? RIP. 
No doubt this was found at the scene but if it was killed by the fall then why 
is it not squished? 

Too funny. 
If somebody would pay for a "termite found dead" at the scene of a meteorite 
fall. maybe someone would pay high dollar for Steve's gems from space? 

Has the whole world gone NUTS? 
Hey, I once sold a cheap African Rhino horn bracelet for $3K on ebay. I don't 
know why but two people wanted it at the time. 

To each his own.
Carl

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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax


---- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Somebody got a deal on that termite as it was nearly in pristine shape.  The 
> last one that was partially disarticulated with starboard wing damage sold for 

> nearly $500.00 on eBay. There are only two complete carcasses in existence with 
>
> a few left over appendages.  I imagine these will be placed in a museum 
> someday.  Like I said before, most items only realized a fraction of what they 

> would have on eBay while a very few items went for more.  I think there are too 
>
> many distractions for items to be bid up to near their potential.  
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Adam
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