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The Inner Lives of Birds
The Inner Lives of Birds
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Tweet tweet! We're talking birds, and the incredible things they can do. Today we're spotlighting five of the coolest recent stories in bird genetics: hummingbirds powering their lightning-fast flight; a gene that controls migration; why males have different colours to females; how light pollution makes sparrows sicker; and the bird trapped for thousands of years under the Siberian ice... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Aug 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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