SHEDD AQUARIUM VETERINARY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS HONE THEIR SUTURINGSKILLS ON BANANAS AT JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE.

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Publication: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)

Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00

JOLIET - Four veterinary medical technicians and their manager from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium came to Joliet Junior College to perform surgery on bananas.

"If you can suture banana skin and not tear it, then you'll be OK with the animals," Scott Keller, the coordinators of JJC's veterinary medical technology program, told the Shedd group before they entered "surgery."

Last week's event was a unique opportunity for JJC to turn the tables and offer some assistance to the Shedd, which for years has invited JJC's vet students to be externs in its ...

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