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A UNIVERSITY student has shared the story behind her handmade costume of York's most famous duck, Long Boi. Hannah Spencer, a final year biochemistry PhD student at the University of York, redesigned a costume of climber Adam Ondra - originally used for a Halloween themed climbing competition at Layerthorpe's Red Goat Climbing Wall in 2019. "He has a famously long neck," she said. With a vision in mind and £20 to use, she made the headpiece out of an old bedroom bin with a face hole cut out of it. She used a plant pot topped with a balloon and began to cover it up with papier mac...

Monica Mazi thanks NARI Send by mail : Message : Required fields Monica Mazi spent the last 20 years working with NARI and is thankful that she has so many skills and knowledge in livestock husbandry practices. Mrs Mazi was initially employed in early January, 2000, as a research technician. She was the only technician overseeing most of the routine animal husbandry, tasks and practices in all sections of the livestock programme. Though it was early days, this experience enabled her to gain and apply learn a lot of skills and experience in small livestock farmi...

Long Boi, a very tall duck who resides at a UK university, has gone viral this week after unchecked claims were made about him online.

His Instagram following is nothing to cluck at.

A York university student has said she is “very proud” after a campus duck named Long Boi went viral due to his impressive stature. The duck became famous after a Reddit post incorrectly described him as “the tallest mallard duck to have ever lived… over 1m tall”. Zoe Duffin, who runs Long Boi’s Instagram account, said the duck, who is a cross between a Mallard and an Indian Runner duck, is a “campus celebrity” and actually stands at around 70cm. “I think everyone at York can say we are all very proud of Long Boi, our waterfowl are very loved and central to the university ex...