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2/3. The jewel beetle seeks out forest fires - mating and feasting on dead pine trees. These ingenious insects can sense roaring infernos from many kilometres away using supersensitive infra-red detectors. Mark Stephen discovers how scientists are putting this knowledge to use to develop the next generation of infra-red detectors. producer Louise Dalziel

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Mark Stephen
Producer:
Louise Dalziel
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