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Web Series Episode 4: Chicago Tonight’s “Field Trip”

Ruffling Some Feathers

Christine Hurley | November 14, 2013, 11:22 am

This edition of Chicago Tonight's Field Trip is for the birds. We discover parasites that live on winged creatures and how studying them can help humans. View a slideshow and watch the web extra video below:

 

~Photos by Crystin Immel

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