Spooky Stories & Tailless Tenrecs | Natural News from The Field Museum | Ep. 4

We've got SpoOoOoOoOooky science stories on this week's episode! Footage of our bird prep lab, a missing label mystery, and an adorable diseases reservoir. ooOOoOOoOooo... *hoot hoot*
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Papers/Articles:
Tailless tenrecs, adorable little disease reservoirs.
“Identification of Tenrec ecaudatus,a Wild Mammal Introduced to Mayotte Island, as a Reservoir of the Newly Identified Human Pathogenic Leptospira mayottensis,” PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Lagadec et. al (2016):
It’s Wednesday…
“Field Museum volunteers help do ‘gross’ but critical work for bird collection,” Joan Cary, Chicago Tribune. 2016):
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