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668	<p>Charles Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands, and there he encounters the very, very unusual <strong>Marine Iguana (<i id="mwFg"><b id="mwFw">Amblyrhynchus cristatus</b></i>)</strong> &#8230; an animal caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to evolution &#8230;</p>
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733			<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/2026/09/02/darwins-frog-darwins-menagerie-ii/" >Darwin&#8217;s Frog : Darwin&#8217;s Menagerie II</a>
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743	<p>Following Charles Darwin on his voyage around South America, we arrive in Chile &#8211; where he discovers a remarkable little frog &#8211; the <strong>southern Darwin&#8217;s frog, <em>Rhinoderma darwinii</em></strong> &#8211; that has one of the strangest approaches to fatherhood in the whole Animal Kingdom &#8230;</p>
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818	<p><strong>Steamer ducks</strong> (four species in the genus <em>Tachyeres</em>) are big, mostly flightless, fantastically aggressive ducks in South America. An amazing example of evolution in action, because some supposedly flying steamer ducks can&#8217;t fly, and some flightless ones apparently can. Charles Darwin would be fascinated.</p>
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968	<p>The <strong>Barrel Amphipod</strong> (<em>Phronima sedentaria</em>) is an extraordinary crustacean that is a bit of a nightmare for the subjects of the previous episode: salps.</p>
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1043	<p><strong>Salps</strong> are the strangest, most extraordinary of your reasonably close relatives in the Animal Kingdom &#8230; some of the most extraordinary animals on Earth, in fact &#8230; fellow chordates, yet so very, very different &#8230;</p>
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1118	<p>The <strong>Grey Seal</strong> (<em>Halichoerus grypus</em>) is a very big predator &#8211; but also the victim of a strange killer that was, for a long time, a bit of a mystery &#8230;</p>
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1183			<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/2026/04/01/moniliformis-attack-of-the-necklace-worm/" >Moniliformis : Attack of the Necklace Worm</a>
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1193	<p><strong><em>Moniliformis moniliformis</em></strong> is an example of one of the strangest groups of animals in the world: the parasitic Acanthocephalans, or the Thorny-Headed Worms &#8230;</p>
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1258			<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/2026/03/13/kakapo-population-boom/" >Kākāpō : Population Boom</a>
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1263		<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/author/wild-brian/" rel="author">The Wild Episode</a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;13th March 2026		</div>
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1268	<p>The <strong>Kākāpō (<em>Strigops habroptilus</em>)</strong> is the world&#8217;s most extraordinary parrot &#8211; remarkable in even more ways than most people realise &#8230;</p>
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1333			<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/2026/02/26/paradise-flying-snake-swimming-in-the-air/" >Paradise Flying Snake : Swimming in the Air</a>
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1338		<a href="https://thewildepisode.com/author/wild-brian/" rel="author">The Wild Episode</a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;26th February 2026		</div>
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1343	<p>The <strong>Paradise Flying Snake</strong> (<em>Chrysopelea paradisi</em>) is one of the most surprising &#8216;fliers&#8217; in the Animal Kingdom. How does it do it? And why is the answer to that question different than for all other gliding animals?</p>
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