THE MYSTERIES OF BUTTERFLY MIGRATION w/ insect conservationist & photographer Shawan Chowdhury

Life On The Brink

English - September 13, 2021 08:19 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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It's time to float like a migrating butterfly for Episode 7 of Life On The Brink!

Insects make up more than 90% of species on this planet, and yet we know so little about them. In this episode, we unravel the complete mysteries of butterfly migration with Ph.D. candidate Shawan Chowdhury. We hear how Shawan fell into the world of butterflies as a student in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka, how following the butterflies landed him in a world of leeches, and how the guy who failed eight out of 12 classes in 7th Grade went on to study a Ph.D.

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Theme Music by Kyle Morley

Production by Alex Bezzina & Gabriel George

Episode Album Image: Caterpillar of the common mime swallowtail butterfly. SWAHAN CHOWDHURY.