Cotton wool could save endangered Australian bird
Submitted by Chickowee on 01 Sep 2015.
Cotton wool could be the missing ingredient in the fight to save one of Australia's most endangered animals.
A new study has found tiny fly larvae are killing the forty-spotted pardalote, and it's hoped the cotton can be used to prevent the small bird disappearing completely.
From Hobart, Richard Baines reports.
Read or listen to the full story on ABC Radio's AM Program website.
