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Night light flight

This question was asked by listeners of BBC Radio 5 Live when the new Last Word book Why Don鈥檛 Penguins鈥� Feet Freeze? (see below) was featured on the Anita Anand show 鈥� Ed

If moths are nocturnal, why are they so keen to fly towards light?

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