Ep 4. Into the wild: Diet tips from grasshoppers, spider monkeys & the orangutans of Borneo

Moving out of the lab and into the wild, Professors David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson take a look at how animals' natural environments provide everything they need for a healthy diet. From chasing a single grasshopper through the Arizona desert to measuring the urine of wild Borneo orang-utans, David explains how carefully animals in the wild select what they eat, and why. And we hear about some of the risks taken by passionate scientists living among the animals for their research.

Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney.

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EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS

THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

CHARLOTTE WOOD