Babies who eat fish before nine months are less likely to suffer preschool wheze
Killer Whales have a Picky Appetite !
The wheeze is a very common clinical problem in young children. The study done, examined children who had 3 or more episodes of the wheeze in the last year. Since fish protect against the development of asthma it also protects against the wheeze. Eating fish before the age of nine months almost halved the likely hood of reoccurring wheeze. The scientists believe these findings will be helpful against young children and the wheeze.
Science News Current Event
Title: Killer whales in Antarctic Waters prefer weddell seals over other prey
Date:March 30, 2011
Summary (8-10 sentences)
Reasearchers, Robert Pitman and John Durban from Fisheries Science center in California, came to antarctica to study whales in January of 2009. They noticed that the population of seals went down. The weddell seals are 15% of the whole entire whale population .The reason for that is because whales prefer them over other prey. The killer whales would create giant waves to knock the seals off of the ice and into the water. Killer whales tavel in groups. They call the pack of whales, “Pack ice killer whales”. The whales would finally then get their prey and have a snack.
What you found most interesting about the article and why (4-6 sentences)I found it interesting that the killer whales would travel in groups to eat and hunt their prey. Killer whales are very serious about hunting. I think that its cool bcause they act very different then you would think. Well then i would think.