Synopsis
The team find a bird of paradise, and photograph it and take DNA in order to record their finding.
- Programme: Lost Land of the Volcano
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Biology | Practical skills | Drawing conclusions and evaluating an experiment | Evaluating
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