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Nguru pygmy chameleon: forest floors and fast tongues
The Animal Sensemaker • S1, Episode 33
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Tomini Babs
Host of the Sensemaker Daily Podcast
Imy Harper
Producer
Rebecca Moore
9 mins • S1, E35
Dugong: seagrass and karaoke bars
Given how much seagrass Dugongs consume everyday, they're often referred to as sea cows. But when they're not busy eating, how do they communicate with each other?
9 mins • S1, E34
Great Green Macaw: picky eaters and favourite trees
Found across Central and South America, the Great Green Macaw is the world’s second largest. Despite having a lush rainforest to choose from though, the macaw quite particular when it comes to food and nesting sites.
10 mins • S1, E32
Sea otters: favourite rocks and tummy tables
Diving to depths of around 20 metres, sea otters can access all kinds of food but they often need the help of their favourite rock to crack open their catch.
12 mins • S1, E31
Darwin's frog: ‘pregnant’ males and a 7,000 mile journey
After a deadly fungus spread through the rainforests in southern Chile, conservationists embarked on a rescue mission to save Darwin's frog.
11 mins • S1, E30
Long-Beaked Echidna: Attenborough’s elusive creature rediscovered
Sixty-two years after Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was last scientifically recorded, Expedition Cyclops went on a mission to find out whether the species still exists in the Cyclops Mountains.
9 mins • S1, E29
Saiga Antelope: humungous noses and countless comebacks
Having roamed since the Ice Age, Saiga Antelope are no stranger to harsh conditions. But as mass mortality events leave their population extremely vulnerable, how have they managed to make countless comebacks?
11 mins • S1, E28
Beavers: waffle tails and river lodges
After being extinct in England for centuries, beavers are making a comeback thanks to a new license permitting their wild release. How could their dam building prevent flooding and droughts?
8 mins • S1, E27
Chinese Giant Salamander: the living fossils
As the world's largest surviving amphibian, Chinese giant salamanders haven't changed much in their 170 million years on earth. So what does life look like for these "living fossils"?
10 mins • S1, E26
Stingless Bee: keeping the rainforest blooming
In the Amazon and tropical places around the world, armies of stingless bees spend their days collecting nectar from plants and flowers across the forest.
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