Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe learns from Purdue University entomology students

07/09/2010 |

From JC Online:

Purdue University's Department of Entomology will soon be featured on a popular reality show dedicated to the men and women who do the dirtiest work.

Mike Rowe, host of "Dirty Jobs" which airs on the Discovery Channel, spent about eight hours today working with Purdue students who study forensic entomology - a process in which insects are used to determine a subject's time of death and other information to aid in criminal investigations.

Rowe's crew captured every moment as the students presented him with four dead pigs in different locations, and gave him a hands-on look at how maggots and other insects can be used to determine time of death.

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