Plant Spores Hitch Long-Distance Feather Rides

18/06/2014 2 min
Plant Spores Hitch Long-Distance Feather Rides

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Episode Synopsis

Tiny spores from mosses, algae and lichens can stick in bird feathers, travel from the Arctic to the bottom of South America and grow into whole new specimens. Erika Beras reports 

 
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