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The naturalist on the battle of filming the birds of Borneo, whose nests made of saliva are prized by Chinese chefs. From 2009.

Filming birds that make their nests from saliva proved a challenge in the total darkness of a Borneo cave....

.....until a conical mound of bat guano provided a natural platform.

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

Producer: Julian Hector

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in September 2009.

10 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Aug 2024 01:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Sep 2009 20:50
  • Sun 20 Sep 2009 08:50
  • Tue 12 Jan 2010 14:00
  • Wed 13 Jan 2010 04:00
  • Sun 29 Nov 2015 11:50
  • Sun 29 Nov 2015 19:50
  • Thu 10 Aug 2017 14:15
  • Fri 11 Aug 2017 02:15
  • Sat 7 Sep 2019 08:50
  • Sat 7 Sep 2019 15:50
  • Sun 8 Sep 2019 03:50
  • Sun 14 Feb 2021 10:45
  • Sun 14 Feb 2021 21:45
  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 11:45
  • Thu 18 Feb 2021 21:45
  • Sun 17 Jul 2022 10:45
  • Sun 17 Jul 2022 21:45
  • Thu 21 Jul 2022 11:45
  • Thu 21 Jul 2022 21:45
  • Sun 24 Sep 2023 10:45
  • Sun 24 Sep 2023 15:45
  • Sun 24 Sep 2023 21:45
  • Mon 25 Sep 2023 04:45
  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 06:45
  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 11:45
  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 17:45
  • Mon 26 Aug 2024 01:45