She walks on water, runs the territory, and leaves dad holding the babies. Hannah + Cleo dive into the Jacana: the Jesus bird of the wetlands who breaks every rule nature supposedly wrote and somehow ended up tied to the oldest conservation treaty in history. And honestly? She's just getting started.

18:18 Jacana conversation starts

Sources:

Wikipedia: Jacanidae
Wikipedia: Northern Jacana
Wikipedia: Ramsar Convention
Wikipedia: Wetland
Wikipedia: Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants: Jacana
https://ebird.org/species/norjac
Animal Diversity Web: Jacanidae
A-Z Animals: Jacana
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/jacani1/cur/introduction
https://earthsky.org/earth/jacana-birds-long-toes-walk-on-lily-pads/
https://www.birdnote.org/podcasts/birdnote-daily/jacana-aka-lily-trotter
Dimensions.com: Northern Jacana
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lucy-cooke-2/bitch/9781541674912/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70480-6
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust — Why the Ramsar Convention Matters More Than Ever
Hoosier Environmental Council — The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Kayhan Life — Obituary: Eskandar Firouz
https://www.ramsar.org/
Colorado Wetland Information Center (CWIC)