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Mar 15, 2026 2 hr 2 min

Possum - Public Enemy # 1

from The Wild Bits Show

Dive into the complex world of conservation where heroes and villains are often just a matter of perspective. We explore why New Zealand wages war on possums , while global efforts race to save endangered Kakapos. Plus, uncover marine plundering by floating factories , the tragedy of whale loyalty , and Brazil’s mining shift. Tune in!

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Possum - Public Enemy # 1

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 0:09 Chapters
  3. 1:58 My girlfriend’s a New Zealander and so hates possums. It’s not a dealbreaker (but I’ll bring her round)
  4. 15:56 Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea
  5. 19:56 Kerala: Faunal survey in Vazhachal adds 26 species to checklist of wildlife division in Western Ghats
  6. 24:28 My girlfriend’s a New Zealander and so hates possums. It’s not a dealbreaker (but I’ll bring her round)
  7. 59:33 Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity
  8. 1:07:37 ‘We do not have time’: Interview with MEP Delara Burkhardt on the EUDR’s second delay
  9. 1:13:17 Brazil Supreme Court opens path to mining in Indigenous land for first time
  10. 1:20:11 How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories
  11. 1:33:15 Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK
  12. 1:39:52 Mass stranding of whales on Scottish beach caused by loyalty to their pod, report finds
  13. 1:44:43 ‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand
  14. 1:59:44 Outro

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