SCIENCE, NATURE, CLIMATE GUEST: SHIVAN PARUSNATH - Biologist, Ecologist, Sociologist & Ph.D Student at Wits University
August 1, 20206m 55s
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Show Notes
The sungazer also known as the giant girdled lizard, a family of lizards from sub-Saharan Africa. It has been under threat on two fronts as farming and industrialization encroaches on its natural habitat; while the illegal global pet trade is adding pressure on pushing the species into extinction.
Shivan Parusnath is a Ph.D. student at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he researches the population genetics of the sungazer & currently with a documentary on National Geographic.
Shivan Parusnath is a Ph.D. student at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he researches the population genetics of the sungazer & currently with a documentary on National Geographic.