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World Service,08 May 1998,29 mins

Why do Birds Migrate?

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Why do birds migrate? How do they breed? Do they see the world in the same way as us? Dr Robert Prys Jones from the Natural History Museum answers listeners’ questions. Also on the programme, Andrew Bernie from the London Trichological Clinic uncovers the myths behind male baldness.

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