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The Power of Night

Lucy Cooke meets some of the animal kingdom鈥檚 nocturnal inhabitants to understand why it pays to stir once the sun goes down and how future survival may depend on a nightlife.

Lucy Cooke meets some of the animal kingdom鈥檚 nocturnal inhabitants to understand why it pays to stir once the sun goes down.

She examines some of the extraordinary nocturnal adaptations from the largest group of mammals, the bats, to the mysterious long fingured lemur, the Aye Aye, to hear why the dark has proved evolutionarily advantageous. In an increasingly crowded planet, could future survival for many diurnal animals depend on a nightlife?

Producer Adrian Washbourne

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28 minutes

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Wed 24 Feb 2021 21:00

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  • Mon 18 Jan 2021 11:00
  • Wed 24 Feb 2021 21:00