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The Rena recovery operation is on going, and work is being carried out by a number of groups in the region to restore the environment. Donations can be made to the regional council's Care for Our Coast fund here: http://www.boprc.govt.nz/sustainable-communities/bay-of-plenty- care-for-our-coast-fund/ Kerri will return to Massey with the New Zealand Wildlife Health Centre to continue her PhD and her role as a lecturer in avian and wildlife health. Much of her research is into ways to better care for oiled wildlife – she has recently published on preparedness for oiled wildlife response in the Antarctic, and is researching the use of salt- water washing for oiled wildlife. The centre also cares for sick or injured native birds such as takahe, kakapo and kiwi. It is currently fundraising for larger facilities. For more information visit: Bryan Gibson Wildlife.massey.ac.nz The Carbon Footprint of a Shrimp cocktail Measured by environmental impact, a humble shrimp cocktail could be the most costly part of a typical restaurant meal, scientists say. If the seafood is produced at a typical Asian fish farm, a 100-gram serving has an ecosystem carbon footprint of an astounding 198 kilograms of CO2. A 454g bag of frozen shrimp produces one tonne of carbon dioxide, a scientist based in Indonesia has found. Source: AFP As Big as a Horse Image: Maritime New Zealand ABOVE: The first batch of cleaned penguins are released back into the wild at Mt Maunganui. BELOW: Helicopter Crewman Sergeant Karl Borck assists Department of Conservation Rangers to load oiled penguins aboard an Air Force Iroquois helicopter from Motiti Island. Cold-blooded Cure New Zealand scientists have shown how infections trigger the development of new blood stem cells, a breakthrough that could lead to the development of drugs to treat cancer and infections. The University of Auckland research, published in a top American journal, was conducted by gazing into the transparent embryos of tropical zebra- fish with a powerful microscope. But it is relevant to humans because of similarities at the cellular level. Source: APN A study of ancient horses reveals that the earth's temperature was driving the evolution of body size. The findings by researchers from eight institutions, led by scientists from the University of Florida and the University of Nebraska, found a correlation between temperature and body size in mammals by following the evolution of the earliest horses about 56 million years ago. The palaeontologists found that as temperatures increased, body size decreased. Source: Horse Talk A Beauty of a Bird Image credit: New Zealand Defence Force An 'elegant' penguin with a slender body and long flippers lived in New Zealand about 25 million years ago, scientists have discovered. The bird, which researchers have called Kairuku, stood around 121cm (4 feet) tall and had short, thick legs and feet. Scientists reconstructed the penguin from two separate fossil skeletons collected in 1977 by a palaeontologist from Otago University, and used the skeleton of an existing King penguin as a model. Source: Fairfax NZ News www.hermagazine.co.nz | 67 Image Credit: Maritime New Zealand Image Credit: Maritime New Zealand PAWS for thought A round-up of beastly facts and news from here and overseas