perfect specimen

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As Jackie Higgins explains in her brilliant new book, “Sentient,” these heightened tactile abilities make this little-known creature the perfect specimen to help scientists explore the sense of touch in other animals, including humans.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

But this time we have a complete, perfect specimen.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2020

Igor Caragodin was looking for the perfect specimen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2015

Looking back, it’s amazing what a perfect specimen I was.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2013

I’d spent my life imagining all the ways she’d loved me, what a perfect specimen of a mother she was.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd