Do worms dream?

We get a bit philosophical and try to find out that if animals do dream, will we ever be able to know what they’re dreaming about?

Featuring:

• Cassie, Claire and Pidgey the Parrot. 
• Associate Professor Nicole Lovato, Flinders University. 
• Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. 
• Professor David Pena Guzman, author of ‘Animal Dreaming’ and San Francisco State University.  
• Professor Sidarta Ribeiro, neuroscientist at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. 
• Dr Shauni Omond, @wormgirl on Instagram, La Trobe University.  
• Professor Niels Rattenborg, Research leader on Avian Sleep, Max Planck Institute. 

Production:

• Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
• Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
• Additional mastering:  Hamish Camilleri.

This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people.

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