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This week Molly Oldfield is joined by Merlin Sheldrake author of Entangled Life to find out about fungi, why they grow, how many blue whales worth of spores they create and where you'll find the biggest organism on earth, which is a fungi.
Plus how tiny kangaroos are the size of a baked bean and need to live in their mothers pouches for months after they're born.
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www.mollyoldfield.com
Do check out Entangled Life by Merlin it is a wonderful read about a hidden realm!
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Instagram: @mollyoldfieldwrites and @everythingunderthesunpod
Twitter: @mollyoldfield
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