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Mar 2022
35m 17s

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Our new season of Look at Me has host Rae Johnston uncover weird and wonderful tales of Australian wildlife. This first episode showcases a butterfly that tricks ants into feeding its caterpillars and the people who wrote a song to save it from extinction 
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