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Fooled by Nature: Medicinal Millipedes
On this episode of Animal Planet's "Fooled by Nature," on the island of Madagascar, the black lemur find the bug repellent properties of the millipede to be both anti-parasitic and intoxicating.
Added: Sep 11, 2008
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Runtime: 03:00
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