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Podcast: The Right-Clawed Amphipod

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Noby Leong

Join Ewart Shaw from Radio Adelaide on his show Orbit, as he talks with the Environment Institute’s Dr Pablo Munguia.

Dr Munguia introduces us to Dulichiella Appendiculata, a tiny but entirely fascinating little creature that has attracted the attention of ecologists.

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