The Happy Pod: How baby showers saved a rare bird

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  This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Nick Miles and in this edition...

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  So innocent, so mesmerising, so unique.

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  They are the most beautiful bird in the world.

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  How one woman in India helped save a rare bird by persuading others to share her passion for them.

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  Also,

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  lessons on overcoming adversity from a woman who spent months trapped on a small boat during the pandemic.

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  No matter how challenging it can be in the moment where I am in,

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  I have enough resilience and strength within me to transform it into a growing opportunity.

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  Plus, helping older people keep enjoying the thrills of cycling.

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  These rides were breaks for her to be able to get out and to feel the air, to see around her.

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  It's a breath of fresh air for her, literally.

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  And the unique dance moves of cockatoos.

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  We start with an unusual and rather amazing idea that's helped save one of India's rarest birds from extinction.

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  Purmina Devi Barman, who lives in Assam,

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  was moved and upset when she saw so many baby greater adjutant storks dying when their nests were cut down.

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  They are very captivating.

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  They have a dangling, inflatable gular pouch and their eyes are deep blue, intense blue.

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  So innocent, so mesmerizing, so unique.

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  They are the most beautiful bird in the world.

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