Niall Hatch

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1,514 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 21 Sep

Niall Hatch’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Mooney Goes Wild · Wildlife & The Wallace Line · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

So they're cute to look at, but they deserve respect because they're very smart and they also know that humans can be exploited.

And when I see that happening, I kind of think, well, actually, maybe that's justice, because we humans exploit these monkeys and so many other animals so much that maybe it's only right that we get a taste of our own medicine.

Now the last time you were here in the studio, we were talking about squirrels and the feasibility study that's been undertaken to eradicate grey squirrels from Wicklow and Dublin in order to give red squirrels a bit of a leg up, if you like. voice-verified

But I believe you've come across a plantain squirrel. voice-verified

Tell me about that. voice-verified

Well, the plantain squirrel is the common squirrel that you see in both Bali and Java.

There are a couple of other species as well, but this is the one that you'll see sort of scampering around in the forests or the parks.

It's about the size of our red squirrel.

The tail's not quite so bushy.

They're known as plantain squirrels because they would sometimes feed in plantain, which is a plant very closely related to the banana.

But they're often found in all sorts of trees.

And they're

quite confiding and they're very cute.

I love squirrels.

I've said this on the program many times before.

I'm known mostly for birds, but I'm also an absolute squirrel nut.

So anytime I see a new squirrel, I'm delighted with that.

And they're sort of a lovely brown color with a stripe along their side.

There's a squirrel here in Java that I'm really hoping to see.

They have a flying squirrel here and flying squirrels are really quite impressive.

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