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The boy who took wildlife to television — and went on to study the world’s reptiles

By Ifham Nizam Long before wildlife videos became a staple of social media, a young zoology student at the University of Peradeniya was invited to help bring Sri Lanka’s natural world into the homes…

  • Dr. Ruchira Somaweera participated in a Sri Lankan children's TV series about wildlife.
  • The show, Thuru Mithuro, aimed to bridge scientific knowledge and public understanding.
  • Somaweera became an internationally recognized herpetologist and evolutionary biologist.

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