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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Mark Siddall: Leech Expert
Season 2009
Episode 1
Mark is Curator and Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. He travels the world studying leeches. Watch as he shares some his scientific secrets and culinary adventures.
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