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Professor Travels to Zambia with National Geographic TV in Search of Hippos
Engineering professor and materials science researcher Christopher Viney is heading for Zambia, Africa, this weekend for a 10-day adventure in South Luangwa National Park. Viney, whose 2004 research into the antiseptic and protective properties of the oily, red secretion known as hippo "sweat," will track the wild animals in their habitat and perform tests on secretion samples, all while being filmed for a National Geographic television documentary.