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Sep 2011
11m 33s

Conversations In The Dark

RTÉ
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Colette Kinsella captures a stunning soundscape: the sounds from Dublin Zoo at night. Most spectacular, the wolves; most endearing, the snuffling elephants. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio Ireland). 
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