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The Ostrich

EvolutionSeries 1
Episode 2 of 5

How did the ostrich come to lay the biggest egg on earth? Chris Packham explores the way reproduction has shaped life on earth and the surprising evolutionary origins of sex, eggs and birds. It's a four-billion-year journey contained within a shell.

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58 minutes

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Fri 31 Jul 202602:35
BBC Two

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PresenterChris Packham
DirectorLaura Mulholland
ProducerNiall Strawson
EditorSam Billinge
Production ManagerMillie McNab
Line ProducerRaewyn Dickson
Series ProducerAlice Jones
Executive ProducerAndrew Cohen
Executive ProducerRob Liddell

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