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I'll be giving my usual leech feeding demonstrations this Sunday night
at our annual Haunted Museum event at work. While I convey the utility
of leeches for medical purposes, this amusing <a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE59J4LS20091020?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true"
target="_blank">article</a> just came out, with a whole new twist to
their importance.
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J. Kirk Fitzhugh, Ph.D.
Curator of Polychaetes
Invertebrate Zoology Section
Research & Collections Branch
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90007
Phone: 213-763-3233
FAX: 213-746-2999
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kfitzhug@nhm.org">kfitzhug@nhm.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/polychaetous-annelids">http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/polychaetous-annelids</a>
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