Synopsis
The brave little dikkop bird comes to the rescue of a crocodile to protect her eggs from marauding monitor lizards.
- Programme: Spy in the Wild
- Series: 1
- Episode: 03: Friendship
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Biology
Licence: ERA Licence required
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