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A Young Curator: My appreciation and my thanks are extended to those authorities on the staff of the California Academy of Sciences who gave generously of their crowded time to check the text for accuracy. They are: Dr. Robert T. Orr, curator; Mrs. Jacqueline Schonewald, assistant, and Mrs. Dorcas McClintock, research associate, of the Department of Birds and Mammals; Dr. Alan E. Leviton, curator of herpetology, whose criticisms were excellent and especially helpful; Dr. C. Don MacNeil, assistant curator, and Hugh B. Leech, associate curator, of the Department of Entomology; Dr. Earl S. Herald, curator, and Robert P. Dempster, associate curator, of the Steinhart Aquarium; Harriet Exline (Mrs. Don L. Frizzell, Rollo Gardens, Rollo, Missouri), research associate, whose suggestions on arthropods were excellent.
Pedro Mahach, a young curator of a gallery, was so enthusiastic about Picasso's paintings that he offered him a contract immediately. Picasso did not hesitate. He was paid 150 Francs per month for delivering a few paintings regularly. Thus, for the time being, he managed to overcome his worst financial worries. Picasso was so exuberant that he painted several portraits of his first curator (p. 9).
Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days. |
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