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Description: Earthworms & leeches, parasitic nematodes, bristle worms, velvet worms, bobbit worms! Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History took us back into the invertebrate zoology collection to help shed light on these complex and remarkable animals. More Brain Scoop from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History: --- Inside the Whale Warehouse!: youtu.be/au4j36pQfVY --- What Fossil's Reveal about Today's Climate Change: youtu.be/D2RLDUn0kgY This video is brought to you through a collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Field Museum, in Chicago, IL. ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Come hang out in our Subreddit: reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop Instagram.com/egraslie Twitters: @ehmee Facebook: facebook.com/thebrainscoop Tumblr: thebrainscoop.tumblr.com We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: bit.ly/2oYTY6p ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie Producer, Camera, Graphics, Director: Sheheryar Ahsan Producer: Brandon Brungard Camera: Katie Cleary Interview with: Dr. Anna J. Phillips, Curator of Parasitic Worms and Protozoa Special thanks: Jim Wood, Ryan Lavery, Anna Torres ---------------------------------------­----------------------------- This episode is filmed on location at the Smithsonian's Museum Support Center in Suitland, MD, and the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. fieldmuseum.org naturalhistory.si.edu