Episode of Series “The Researchers”.
Shows how the yellow-tailed black cockatoo extracts cossid moth larvae from the trunks of eucalypts and covers other aspects of the behaviour of the bird and its prey, emphasizing the role of evolutionary adaptation. Suitable for secondary school level.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
506827
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Adaptation (Biology)
Animals & Wildlife → Animal ecology
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Food
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Birds - Behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Cockatoos
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)