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Bird's Nest Soup
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.
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01:45
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