rece ived ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁letters ▁and ▁te legraph s ▁about ▁the ▁sn ou ters , ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁from ▁people ▁who ▁forgot ▁that ▁the ▁article ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁April ▁F ool ' s ▁Day ." ▁Natural ▁History ▁printed ▁several ▁letters ▁to ▁the ▁editor ▁in ▁its ▁June – J uly ▁issue , ▁and ▁convey ed ▁to ▁the ▁Times ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁several ▁more , ▁r anging ▁from ▁ske pt ical ▁to ▁fasc in ated ▁and ▁continu ations ▁of ▁the ▁jo ke . ▁One ▁reader , ▁ent om ologist ▁Alice ▁Gray , ▁expressed ▁thanks ▁for ▁the ▁article , ▁which ▁enabled ▁her ▁family ▁to ▁identify ▁an ▁animal - sh aped ▁metal ▁bra ce let ▁from ▁the ▁South ▁Pacific ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁mode led ▁after ▁a ▁" H oop ▁Sn outer ", ▁and ▁included ▁a ▁drawing ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁record ▁because , ▁she ▁said , ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁m elt ed ▁down ▁with ▁some ▁to y ▁soldiers ▁and ▁a ▁sp oon ▁by ▁a ▁young ▁cousin ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁casting ▁set . ▁ ▁Dec ades ▁later , ▁papers ▁are ▁still ▁published ▁pur port ing ▁to ▁continue ▁St ü mp ke ' s ▁research ▁or ▁otherwise ▁pay ing ▁hom age ▁to ▁Ste iner ' s ▁ho ax . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁paper ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Journal ▁of ▁Marine ▁Bi ology , ▁authors ▁K ash k ina ▁& ▁B uk ash k ina ▁claim ▁to ▁have ▁discovered ▁two ▁new ▁marine ▁gener a : ▁D end ron as us ▁and ▁an ▁as ▁yet