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Their ability to survive and spread in the aftermath of the dinosaur extinction makes them a key group for understanding how reptiles adapted during a period of dramatic environmental change.

"I'm absolutely baffled by the whole thing - I've still had no contact whatsoever from the Bangladeshi authorities despite them spreading malicious allegations about me for a year-and-a-half now," she said.

“We currently have the lowest estimated total return spread between large caps and mid/small caps for the last decade,” Forsyth Barr says.

On a recent day, her dining room was spread with newspaper clippings, an evacuation map and books critical of nuclear power.

"I think with the cold weather here at the moment and there being few midges around, we hope there isn't much spread and that it can be contained," he said.