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The John Batchelor Show

3/4: Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future by Danielle Clode (Author)

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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3/4: Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future by Danielle Clode (Author)

1956 Koala diplomacy welcomes Hungary refugees

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0:00.0

At Barclays, we're here for the land of football.

0:05.0

We're here for the Premier League.

0:08.0

And the Barclays Women's Super League.

0:11.0

We're here for the football charts, for giving more girls a chance. We're

0:18.0

here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.

0:27.6

Barclays, here for the land of football. This is Kagan. CVS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor.

0:38.0

Spending time with Daniel Cload,

0:40.0

Professor Daniel Cload, whose new book is Kowala,

0:42.8

a natural history in an uncertain future.

0:45.0

Daniel has written several books,

0:46.4

one of which is the tragic figure in Bambi, Fire.

0:50.8

And we're going to mention that,

0:52.3

because that's part of the challenge the koala must now deal with.

0:55.0

Having survived 24 million years in a continent that was once part of Gandhuana, South America, Antarctica, Australia. It is now on its own in different parts of Australia

1:08.7

depending upon where the people are. We're going to talk about what they must have, which is

1:14.8

eucalyptus trees. Daniel tells me they're 8 to 900 species of eucalyptus

1:21.1

utilis. Did I write that down correctly, Daniel?

1:24.0

Yes, that's one of the species, but yeah, Eucalyptus is a very big group.

1:28.4

So it's the dominant form of a lot of Australian forests. The most widespread forests we have is

1:34.0

eucalyptus. But we tend to think of them all as one thing just eucalyptus, but in

1:38.9

actual fact they comprise eight to nine hundred different species and subspecies.

1:44.0

Kualas challenge is to eat eucalyptus leaves every day and make them nutritious.

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