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Komodo Dragon
Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality!
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Dogs have changed us and we've changed them. Brett Westwood visits Battersea to meet some.
Orchid
Orchids and a world filled with beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception.
Penguin
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Swan
Series celebrating the infinite variety of the natural world and its depiction in culture.
Sloth
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Bee
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Chicken
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Poppy
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Fern
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Pigeon
One of our oldest companions, the pigeon inspires both love and loathing.
Aye-Aye
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