Ivan
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Science
31/10/11
Title of Article: Insects Are Scared to Death of Fish
Author(s) of this Article: The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Toronto.
Source of the Article: Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111027125241.htm
Date this article was written: October 27th, 2011
Summary of the Article:
The mere presence of a predator in their habitat is enough to create such stress, that dot-tailed dragonflies could actually die. In the second experiment 11% of the larvae died when they shared their environment with fish. They were in a process called metamorphosis (the process of dragonflies becoming adults). Scientists at the University of Toronto state that their findings can apply to all living organisms facing any amount of stress. "We allowed the juvenile dragonflies to go through metamorphosis to become adult dragonflies, and found those that had grown up around predators were more likely to fail to complete metamorphosis successfully, more often dying in the process," says Rowe, a professor conducting the experiment at the University of Toronto.
This discovery I think may affect our society positively because now we know not to stress ourselves and not to put other into stressful conditions. I chose this article because I am interested learning about insects. I found this website on www.sciencedaily.com. This is the best reliable resource to get science articles. From this article, I learned that when you are feeling stressed it is really bad for your nerves and body and brain. I felt weird reading this article because eI didn’t know anything about this.
Wow interesting. I read in a book called Matterhorn that too much stress in war causes you to have headaches and sometimes even death!
ReplyDeleteAnd what do you think now? Do you feel affected by stress sometimes? If so, when? How does it make you feel? My face breaks out and I get hives on my arms and head!
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