Engineering students find solution for penguins' sore feet

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 19:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

By Kevin Tibbles, Correspondent, NBC NewsThe folks at Chicago's world renowned Shedd Aquarium had a penguin problem.A penguin podiatry problem, to be exact.After spending long, hard days hanging out on the rocks by the pool, many of the Shedd's tuxedoed residents had developed sore feet."As our birds age and get older...they get sore feet like we do," said Senior Director of Marine Mammals Lisa Ta...    

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