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Joel Ososky

John Ososky, head of the Osteo Prep lab at the National Museum of Natural History

Everyone gets annoyed at the officemate who “borrows” your lunch or never replaces the toner in the printer, but it could be worse. Meet John Ososky, who heads up the Osteo prep lab in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Natural History Museum. He spends his days with dead bodies and flesh-eating beetles.

Video produced by BBC Mundo’s Thomas Sparrow, via BBC News.

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Posted: 5 May 2014
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