About this episode

Dr Karl and Corey Tutt discuss the impact of thylacines on the environment, animal behavior, and bird flu.

How different would the environment be if the thylacine wasn't wiped out? Are animal sightings symbolic? And why do bower birds collect blue items? Dr Karl and Deadly Science's Corey Tutt answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith. Got a question for Dr Karl - submit it here https://ab.co/askKarl Follow Deadly Science here: https://www.instagram.com/deadlyscienceorg/?hl=en

People in this episode

Host: Dr Karl

Guest: Corey Tutt

Topics covered

• thylacines
• environment
• animal behavior
• bird flu
• bower birds
• animal sightings

Keywords

• thylacine
• environment
• animal sightings
• bower birds
• bird flu

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Organizations: Deadly Science, triple j

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