Parasitic worms in stranded whales and dolphins

Video presented by David Gibson

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For the past decade, the Museum has been carrying out the largest ever survey of parasitic worms from stranded whales and dolphins. Join Museum researcher David Gibson as he explores some of the results, and gives an insight to the difficulties of collecting fresh material such as when a chainsaw is more use than a scalpel.

  • Presented by: David Gibson
  • Date: 25 February 2003
  • Duration: 30:53

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