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Our Changing World for Thursday 1 February 2018

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  • Chemical camouflage - putting predators off the scent

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    Wrybills are the only species in the world with a bill that bends to the side. There are just 5000 or so wrybills and their numbers are declining.

    9:07 PM.Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin. Read more Video, Audio

  • Discovered - the 'missing' male stick insect

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    The first male unarmed stick insect ever recorded.

    9:06 PM.A male stick insect belonging to an all female group of New Zealand stick insects has been discovered for the first time - in the UK. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 1 February 2018

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    9:05 PM.Chemical camouflage is put to the test in the Mckenzie Basin to see if it can protect nesting shore birds from predators, and the discovery of the first male in an all-female population of stick… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Next Episode: Thursday, 8 February 2018
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