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#18 Cryptic critters
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Stories about velvet worms, tiny frogs, crooning bats and more from ecologist Jess Scrimgeour. Jess knows that The Fab Five—in this case we mean kākāpō, kiwi, whio, takahē, and kererū—are easy to love, but she wants to light your spark for the hard to see, hard to hear, or hard to find critters too: like pekapeka/bats, wētā, pepeketua/frogs, and even the peripatus/velvet worm which fires a sticky substance when it feels threatened. How iconic. Shownotes and transcript at www.doc.govt.nz/podcast
Released:
Jun 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (31)
Episode #6: Our invertebrates: Insect expert Eric Edwards talks to us about ecosystems, climate change and cataloguing critters. He also shares his adventures catching true bugs in Micronesia and navigating poo patches (!) in the Subantarctic Islands. www.doc.govt.nz/podcast by DOC Sounds of Science Podcast