Episode 213: The Giraffes of Bénoué

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that Kordofan giraffes face local extinction if poaching continues. --- Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3717/the-giraffes-of-benoue/'>here</a>.   Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.13196'>here</a>.    Read ‘The Giraffe’ by Ronald Lee Perry <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=26848'>here</a>. --- Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>