{
  "id": 6276442,
  "title": "Want to borrow a dinosaur fossil? Try California’s one-of-a-kind taxidermy lending library",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/want-to-borrow-a-dinosaur-fossil-try-californias-one-of-a-kind",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T12:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/san-diego-taxidermy-museum"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A natural history museum lets residents take home 1,400 specimens, from bobcats and beetles to snakes in jars On a hot afternoon in August, I walked out of the San Diego Natural History Museum carrying a whale rib, a leopard pelt, a taxidermized weasel and a small piece of fossilized dinosaur poop. It felt like a heist. These were real specimens that belonged to the museum, not gift shop…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}