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43.359375 27.707031 44.71875 29.03125 C 43.746094 30.746094 38.257813 39.722656 28.0625 40.84375 C 22.367188 41.46875 17.375 38.8125 17.375 38.8125 C 17.058594 38.589844 16.644531 38.570313 16.304688 38.757813 C 15.96875 38.949219 15.773438 39.316406 15.800781 39.703125 C 15.828125 40.089844 16.078125 40.421875 16.4375 40.5625 C 16.4375 40.5625 21.859375 43.519531 28.28125 42.8125 C 40.730469 41.441406 46.875 29.28125 46.875 29.28125 C 47.0625 28.910156 47 28.460938 46.71875 28.15625 C 46.71875 28.15625 39.214844 20.058594 28.90625 20.0625 Z "></path> </g> </svg> <span class="collection-stat-number">7,800,000</span> <span class="collection-stat-title">Total Specimens</span> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-6 col-xxs-12"> <div class="collection-stat"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 50 50" version="1.1" fill="#32322e" width="60" height="60"> <g> <path d="M 21 0 C 15.378906 0 10.265625 1.015625 6.46875 2.71875 C 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39.894531 26.125 39.6875 C 26.511719 39.6875 26.863281 39.464844 27.027344 39.113281 C 27.195313 38.761719 27.140625 38.347656 26.894531 38.050781 C 26.648438 37.75 26.25 37.621094 25.875 37.71875 C 24.320313 37.914063 22.660156 38 21 38 C 15.621094 38 10.734375 37.015625 7.28125 35.46875 C 5.554688 34.695313 4.203125 33.789063 3.3125 32.84375 C 2.421875 31.898438 2 30.949219 2 30 C 2.007813 29.9375 2.007813 29.875 2 29.8125 L 2 24.34375 C 3.128906 25.488281 4.652344 26.464844 6.46875 27.28125 C 10.265625 28.984375 15.378906 30 21 30 C 26.621094 30 31.734375 28.984375 35.53125 27.28125 C 37.347656 26.464844 38.871094 25.488281 40 24.34375 L 40 27 C 39.996094 27.359375 40.183594 27.695313 40.496094 27.878906 C 40.808594 28.058594 41.191406 28.058594 41.503906 27.878906 C 41.816406 27.695313 42.003906 27.359375 42 27 L 42 10 C 42 9.96875 42 9.9375 42 9.90625 C 42 9.875 42 9.84375 42 9.8125 C 42 9.800781 42 9.792969 42 9.78125 C 41.992188 9.761719 41.980469 9.738281 41.96875 9.71875 C 41.886719 8.28125 41.226563 6.949219 40.15625 5.8125 C 39.015625 4.601563 37.429688 3.570313 35.53125 2.71875 C 31.734375 1.015625 26.621094 0 21 0 Z M 21 2 C 26.378906 2 31.265625 2.984375 34.71875 4.53125 C 36.445313 5.304688 37.796875 6.210938 38.6875 7.15625 C 39.578125 8.101563 40 9.050781 40 10 C 40 10.949219 39.578125 11.898438 38.6875 12.84375 C 37.796875 13.789063 36.445313 14.695313 34.71875 15.46875 C 31.265625 17.015625 26.378906 18 21 18 C 15.621094 18 10.734375 17.015625 7.28125 15.46875 C 5.554688 14.695313 4.203125 13.789063 3.3125 12.84375 C 2.421875 11.898438 2 10.949219 2 10 C 2 9.96875 2 9.9375 2 9.90625 C 2.027344 8.988281 2.449219 8.070313 3.3125 7.15625 C 4.203125 6.210938 5.554688 5.304688 7.28125 4.53125 C 10.734375 2.984375 15.621094 2 21 2 Z M 2 14.34375 C 3.128906 15.488281 4.652344 16.464844 6.46875 17.28125 C 10.265625 18.984375 15.378906 20 21 20 C 26.621094 20 31.734375 18.984375 35.53125 17.28125 C 37.347656 16.464844 38.871094 15.488281 40 14.34375 L 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