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The Mud Pack: Love, Life, and Strife in the Sundarbans

The Sundarbans mudflats are rife with tiny evolutionary curiosities that come alive with the waning tide — watch a battle in the muck, and the fine seduction of a fiddler crab
A Roundglass Sustain Film Directed by Ashwika Kapur
Updated   July 29, 2025
A Roundglass Sustain Film Directed by Ashwika Kapur
Updated   July 29, 2025
6 min watch
The Sundarbans mudflats are rife with tiny evolutionary curiosities that come alive with the waning tide — watch a battle in the muck, and the fine seduction of a fiddler crab
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About the Author

Ashwika Kapur

Ashwika Kapur

is an international award-winning natural history filmmaker and a science communicator. With an innate knack for storytelling, she loves finding unexpected narratives that educate and inspire

Published Oct 22, 2020

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