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Their World: 11: The Specialist

on BBC Two England

A new film series about animal behaviour and survival.

Hugh Falkus and Niko Tinbergen, who made the award-winning film Signals for Survival about the language of herring gulls, have now turned their attention to the Oystercatcher.
It is a common bird, yet has an amazing skill unique among birds. It is able to use its bill to open a mussel and extract the flesh. But how does it acquire this extraordinary skill?
(from Bristol)

Contributors

Narrator:
Hugh Falkus
Scientific Editor:
Professor Niko Tinbergen
Presented by:
Christopher Parsons

BBC Two England

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