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The worst wedding gift in history: an Irish tale of predator helps prey

The Wild with Chris Morgan

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The Impact of Human Deforestation on the Pine Martin Ecosystem

Pine martins have been around in Ireland for over 6,000 years. They used to enjoy beautiful lush forests filled with almost endless trees and hiding places. Over the hundreds of thousands of years we lost this forest habitat so that Ireland had the lowest forest cover in Europe. It wasn't just deforestation that made pine martin numbers drop dramatically - they were also hunted for their pelts as far back as 1100s.

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