What does it take to raise a baby echidna? Which animal is an excellent liar and got its name from a case of bad taxidermy? How have we brought the eastern barred bandicoot back from the brink of extinction? Jane, Kaih, Catriona and Kate talk about Aussie animals on Radio Sci-Lens.

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