It isn't easy being blue - the cost of colour in fairy wrens

Based on an article by Alexandra McQueen and Anne Peters (Monash University).
Edited by Philip Ritchie.
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Video:
Monash University Faculty of Science
Birds of the Huon Tasmania (RUclips)
Michael Hurer (RUclips)
Mike Grant (RUclips)
Allan Nielsen (RUclips)
Supayoke Kongchumnian (RUclips)
Wade Tregaskis (flickr)
Duncan McCaskill (flickr)
Music:
Moonlight Reprise - Kai Engel