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Eating Insects Is Good for Your Gut
The article "Eating Insects Is Good for Your Gut" from BBC Science Focus reveals the findings of a clinical trial that shows that eating insects can increase beneficial gut bacteria and reduce inflammation, offering potential health benefits beyond their nutritional value.
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Oxpeckers’ Weird and Wonderful Diet

In Oxpeckers’ Weird and Wonderful Diet, narrator Sir David Attenborough reveals the strange diet that these birds have. They land on the backs of other animals and eat fleas, ticks, insect larvae, dandruff, and even blood. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.

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The Future of Cotton-Topped Tamarins

In The Future of Cotton-Topped Tamarins, learn how over 95% of Colombia's lowland forest has been cleared. Some cotton-topped tamarins are now cut off from the rest of their species, and this, together with fewer insects for them to eat, has made them endangered. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.