The mineral oil substance found on seabirds off the south coast of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset has caused burning, a wildlife trust has said.

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The irony is that though the region has always been the subject of fantasies of great wealth, mineral discoveries have now given substance to those dreams.

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New-born elephants rely entirely on their mothers' milk for the substance and Dr Milewski reasons that mothers delay reproducing if they are deficient in the mineral.

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