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AlunWeaver t1_iya5z4s wrote

I would leaf through it and give it a prominent place on my bookshelf.

By no means would I read the entire thing.

EDIT: Your edit is cracking me up. People in this thread are telling you (some of them quite rudely) to read an exhaustive entomological dictionary when they themselves lacked the patience to properly read your 100-word Reddit post.

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SpaceRoxy t1_iyasog2 wrote

Yea, and definitely express gratitude for the dedication, that's awesome.

Maybe ask dad if he can tell OP more about how this might get used by researchers or if he has any more anecdotal stories about doing the research since it's a collection of data that's important to his field.

As someone who has a parent in a very technical research role, I've seen a lot of this kind of work and it's important to interact about it sometimes even if it's not something you can really interact with unless you have a deep expertise.

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