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The following items are unacceptable for
display:
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Living
organisms (e.g. plants, animals, microbes) |
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Dried
plant materials |
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Taxidermy
specimens or parts |
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Preserved
vertebrate or invertebrate animals (includes embryos) |
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Human
or animal food |
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Human/animal
parts (Exceptions: teeth, hair, nails, dried animal bones, histological
dry mount sections, wet mount tissue slides) |
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Soil
or waste samples |
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Chemicals,
including water |
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Poisons,
drugs, controlled substances, hazardous substances or devices (i.e.
firearms, weapons, ammunition, reloading devices) |
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Dry
ice or other sublimating solids (i.e. solids which vaporize to a gas
without passing through a liquid phase) |
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Sharp
items (syringes, needles, pipettes) |
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Flames
or highly flammable display materials |
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Empty
tanks that previously contained combustible liquids or gases, unless
purged with carbon dioxide |
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Batteries
with open top cells |
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Awards,
medals, business cards, flags, etc. |
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Photographs
or other visual presentations depicting vertebrate animals in
other-than-normal conditions (i.e.. surgical techniques, dissection,
necropsies or other lab techniques) |
Acceptable
for Display Only (cannot be operated)
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Projects
with unshielded belts, pulleys, chains and moving parts with tension or
pinch points |
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Class
III and IV lasers |
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Any
device requiring over 110 volts. |
The RBSEF will reject any exhibit which, in
its opinion, is not safe or which constitutes a hazard in a public exhibition.
There will be no exception to this rule.
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