What type of things get oil out of bird feathers? I need to know this for my science project.
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Oil & Birds
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Suggest you contact Kerri Morgan at Massey believe she is in charge of the national response to an oil spill (K.J.Morgan@massey.ac.nz)
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Thank you - I have asked Kerri from Massey to see if she has any suggestions on what I could try. I am going to work with Grandad in the holidays to test different things on bird feathers we collect to see which works the best. I am really worried about the birds in the gulf of Mexico.
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I am sure Kerri will come up with the right stuff for you to try.
Yes a sad state of affairs in the Gulf of Mexico but if you have watched the news they have a massive international team working on saving the birds and are having an 80% success rate.
Mankind and his demand for more oil is to blame - we note that BP put their prices up today!
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This video might help - vegetable oil and then detergent to clean the birds
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/video.cfm?c_id=39&gal_cid=39&gallery_id=111868Posted 1 year ago # -
I just had another thought Taylor, and that is to get in touchy with your nearest Bird Rescue Centre and/or zoo. If you live near Auckland, drop us an email to forestandbird@gmail.com (that's our branch emailo address up here) and I can give you a contact.
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