SEGMENT: Koala Reproduction and Marsupial Birthing Process GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode SUMMARY: Biologist Professor Danielle Clode describes koala mating bellows and the distinct marsupial birthing process where the tiny, jelly bean-sized fetus c
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🗓️ 21 September 2025
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GUEST NAME: Professor Danielle Clode
SUMMARY: Biologist Professor Danielle Clode describes koala mating bellows and the distinct marsupial birthing process where the tiny, jelly bean-sized fetus crawls into the mother's pouch, an external womb.
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| 0:29.7 | This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Batchel. Spending time with Daniel Claude, |
| 0:34.8 | Professor Daniel Claude, whose new book is Koala, a natural history in an uncertain future. |
| 0:38.8 | Daniel's written several books, one of which is the tragic figure in Bambi, fire. And we're going to mention that because that's part of the challenge the |
| 0:43.9 | koala must now deal with having survived 24 million years in a continent that was once part of |
| 0:50.0 | Gondwana, South America, Antarctica, Australia. It is now on its own in different parts of Australia, |
| 0:58.8 | depending upon where the people are. We're going to talk about what they must have, which is |
| 1:04.9 | eucalyptus trees. Danielle tells me there are 8 to 900 species of eucalyptus utilists. |
| 1:11.8 | Did I write that down correctly, Danielle? |
| 1:14.0 | Yes, that's one of the species. |
| 1:16.4 | But yeah, eucalyptus is a very big group. |
| 1:18.6 | So it's the dominant form of a lot of Australian forests. |
| 1:22.0 | The most widespread forest we have is eucalyptus. |
| 1:24.9 | But we tend to think of them all as one thing, just eucalyptus, but in actual |
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