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To start, you need at least some examples of the protein collapse in nature, to see how it works. Maybe you can see how creatures survive it, or take all-important chemical samples. Even if you don't really have... a laboratory for this kind of thing. Scouts work with wild and domestic animals all the time; so it won't raise too many eyebrows.
But as you go out to the nearest reef with a stony field, home to many underwater invertebrates known for molting, a thought hits you. How are you going to... justify this? Morally, you know that taking random creatures from the wild is wrong. It's restricted for a reason; only allowed for commercial purposes to stimulate the economy or for medical or science research, which is technically what you're doing, but you aren't exactly getting permission. You get the feeling they'd probably say "no" after all. Pet ownership outside of a few fish species is heavily restricted as well for the same reason; food is acceptable husbandry, recreation isn't as to not teach bad behaviors to these animals. What are you going to do if you get caught or questioned? Guess you really haven't though that far ahead...
What should you do?
>Grab and isolate some likely candidates in jars and label them for medical use
>Take them home and seal them away in a wet part of your house under your parents' gills
>Try to make your observations in the wild instead, though you'll have to sacrifice some more days of your summer vacation
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