Everything Bites
Leech expert Mark Siddall has met with some, well, interesting challenges while searching for new specimens in the Amazon.
August 25, 20083m 58s
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Show Notes
Mark Siddall, a.k.a. Dr. Leech, says that while searching for the giant Amazonian leech, bloodsucking creatures were the least of his problems.
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