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Copper-zinc healing suits help injured penguins heal without stitches
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- Humboldt Conservation Center uses copper-zinc healing suits to treat injured penguins.
- Veterinary doctor Tomas Pino Damke says the suits manage wounds without needing stitches.
- The red fabric’s copper fibers inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, while zinc promotes blood-vessel formation.
- Chilean textile firm Kimba produced the copper-zinc suits after testing on dogs, cats and other mammals.
- Most penguins arrived with net-related cuts and now swim, eat and shimmy.