Leeches!

Mark Siddall, a leech expert at the American Museum of Natural History, wants to change how you think about nature’s most notorious blood-suckers.

Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Julia Cort. Major funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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