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Greta Dromgool
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Science educator with Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao - Science Learning Hub
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Here's a good news story for you (the picture of the scruffy looking kōtuku chicks certainly made our day!) 🪶 #birds www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Nesting season looks promising for kōtuku
There are 56 nesting pairs of kōtuku or white heron at Aotearoa's only breeding spot for the birds on the West Coast this year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2023 at 9:46 PM
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Kia ora new Bluesky friends 👋 Join us in sunny Te Whanganui-a-Tara for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium in February → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/symposium/
November 20, 2023 at 7:26 PM
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New paper out from my lab on wētā weapons! TLDR: We expected massive male jaws to hinder feeding rates but nope, they ate faster!
Project led by Bridgette Farnworth, hard work by summer student Sam Purdie & in collab with Cilla Wehi
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 19, 2023 at 8:49 PM