Tuesday, November 8, 2011

semester 1 current event 1

"Zombie"worms found in Mediterranean fossil












Biblyogaphy: web page
source:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111101204358.htm



date: November 1




















this article talks abut a new specie that they found and it was found in a 3million old fossil whale bone  
the bone came from Tuscany , Italy it was the first time the genus osedaxs has been found in the mediteranian.the scientists suspected that the osedaxs were the responsible ones to erase parts of the fossil and deystroying bones before they became fossils.worms from the osedaxs do not have a mouth or guts but they consume the bone by grouing root-like tissues wich dissolves the bone as they grow.the scientist Nicholas Higgs discoverd a tell-trace of the oxsedaxs by using micro-CT.he says that: knew that I was on to something."after several promisings leads came to a dead end the scans from the final sample looked different and i knew that i was on something".




this article talk abute this worm that they recently discoverd and they presented scientific information to the pepole i just saw a picture of this worm that was presented whit the article.




this article was intresting i never saw or herd abute something like this trust me i herd a lot of things and of a lot of insects but i never herd smething like this it is intrsting but wierd it is wierd to here something like this.





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