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What would life be like if Parasitoid Wasps didn’t exist?

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Our Festive episode of our Oxford Sparks podcast follows the traditional Christmas story of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’.
In our narration though, the role of George Bailey is played by the Parasitoid Wasp and its guardian angel is postdoctoral researcher Chris Jeffs. In this podcast as part of our Big Questions series, we ask the question: what would life be like if these insects didn’t exist?

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Series
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
People
Christopher Jeffs
Keywords
wasps
science
zoology
insects
ParasitoidWasp
podcast
OxfordUniversity
OxfordSparks
BigQuestions
discovery
oxford
christmas
itsawonderfullife
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 14/12/2016
Duration: 00:13:08

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