Reintroduction: Bringing Species Back

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Last month saw a first in the UK: Bison were released into a woodland in Kent. An animal of this size and nature hasn't be known to be on UK soil for milennia, but now conservationists hope they can act as ecosystem engineers and help protect our woodlands. We explore how the European bison is able to exert such dramatic effects on its environment as well as dive into past reintroduction sucess stories, including the flight of the red kite and the nesting of the dormouse. Plus, we address the potential costs off adding a species into a new space, how learning to live alongside predators may... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:23.0	I'm Chris Smith.
0:24.0	And I'm Julia Ravi, this week.
0:26.0	When we first put it together, we thought,
0:28.0	this is pretty out there.
0:29.0	You know, not many people have ever attempted to do something
0:32.0	in conservation of this kind of scale.
0:34.0	A brand new animal was brought into the UK a week or so ago to try to aid our ecosystems.
0:41.0	We'll be talking about reintroducing species into the wild, including the
0:45.0	benefits and potential costs and will reveal what that huge new mammal is.
0:50.8	It's unbelievable.
0:53.7	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. This week we're going to take a look at reintroductions. No this is not when you
1:11.5	awkwardly have to remind someone who you are after you met them once before.
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