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Some of the answers might surprise you!
Meet your instructor, Jeff.
Jeff is an educator and docent at the Field Museum in Chicago, IL. Since 2013, he has conducted numerous tours and programs on dinosaurs, most recently the ongoing Discovery Adventures and SUE Virtual Tour on the Field Museum's website. Jeff enjoys talking dinos, animals, and debunking myths propagated by certain popular movies and cartoons.
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