A sacred scarab
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This week we meet the insects that move the sun across the sky ,and can navigate by the milky way and also love the taste of poo. We talk all things dung beetle and how they are the future of farming and combating climate change. In the news we take a look at a very badly run animal collection and what can be done about it. All this and more this week the cupboard is open come on in
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