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For
the December 05, 2007 Pet Fish
Talk Show. |
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In
this show
the Bailey Brothers talk about the Fish in the News, Nevin's Fishy
Factoid, then talk with
callers and read questions from listeners.
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As you listen to Pet Fish Talk, you can also follow
other underlined links to related web pages with pictures, videos, and more
information about the topics being discuss during the show. |
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Fish in
the
News.
Each
week the
Bailey
Brothers
start
the Pet
Fish
Talk
Show
with
some fun
and
interesting
stories
about
fish in
the
news.
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From the
University
of
Washington
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When
I grow
up I
want to
be an
Oceanographer. |
You’re in the tropical South Pacific swimming with dozens of dolphins in cerulean waters sparkling in the
sun’s 90-degree heat. No, this isn’t a luxury vacation; this is your full-time job as a marine scientist. From large
marine mammals to the smallest species of plankton, from freshwater marshes to the deepest depths of the ocean,
fisheries scientists and oceanographers study all aspects of the marine environment. Research, more often than not,
requires scientists to be on location to collect data, so most scientists go to sea or otherwise do field research at
least once in their careers. “It’s an environmental science, so it combines a lot of different aspects: environmental
awareness with science with the adventure aspect,” said Evelyn Lessard, pictured above, biological oceanographer and
associate professor in the UW School of Oceanography. While marine scientists working at the UW are often employed in
the duties of teaching students and writing papers, they are by no means confined to their offices for the duration of
their careers. “I worked in this beautiful field station in north Wisconsin,” said Tim Essington, shown in the second
picture above, marine biologist and aquatic and fishery science assistant professor. “A lot of people were paying money
to stay in similar environments, and this was my job.” Click
here
to read
more.
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From the
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
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Grant
will
help
Teacher
with
Real-Life
Lesson.
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Christian Shane and his second-graders are swimming with excitement. Shane, a teacher at McKnight
Elementary, is one of 13 Pennsylvania teachers who were awarded grants from the state Council of Trout Unlimited through
its "Trout in the Classroom Program," which lets students grow and study the fish throughout the school year and release
them in the spring. The first thing Shane did when he found out about receiving the grant was, "I called all my fishing
buddies," he said with a smile. Shane is an active fly fisherman and thinks his students can learn a lot from the
program. Click
here
to read
more.
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In
Mozambique,
East
Africa,
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1000th
Whale
Shark
Entered
in Data
Base.
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The
1,000th
whale
shark, a
rare and
threatened
species,
has been
discovered
by
researchers
using a
global
programme
in which
eco-tourists
and
scientists
identify
new
sharks
and
lodge
photographs
on an
online
library.
"It's a
major
milestone,
for
science
and for
conservation,"
said
ECOCEAN
project
leader
Brad
Norman
in
Australia.
"It was
achieved
with the
help of
ordinary
people
worldwide
who want
to study
and
protect
this
wonderful
creature,"
Norman
told
Reuters
on
Thursday
from
Perth in
Western
Australia.
The
whale
shark is
the
world's
largest
fish, a
slow-moving
filter
feeder
that can
grow to
around
12
metres
(40
feet)
and
weigh up
to 21
tonnes.
But it
is
difficult
to
study,
remaining
in deep
ocean
for
months
and only
rarely
rising
towards
the
surface.
ECOCEAN
tracks
individual
whale
sharks
around
the
world's
oceans
using a
Web-based
photo-ID
library
(www.whaleshark.org)
which
catalogues
each
whale's
unique
spots.
Click
here
to read
more.
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From
Canada.com
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Study
Finds
Fish
have
Personality.
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Fish have personalities. Ordinary Canadian brook trout exhibit different traits: some social, others not.
Some risk-takers, others scaredy-fish. And so on. University of Guelph scientists noticed the different personalities as
they sat by the Credit River, west of Toronto, watching trout feed. Then they scooped out the fish and ran them through
six days of personality tests in the lab, and even some swimming tests. And the revelation suggests an answer to an old
question: How can different species, with different types of behaviour, evolve from a single starting point? Click
here
to read
more.
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In
Staten
Island,
New
York,
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Aquariums
on Ferry
Boat to
be
Finished
Soon.
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It's no fish tale -- the two tarp-covered eyesores in the middle of the St. George Ferry Terminal waiting
room will each finally be filled with 1,400 gallons of water and 200 tropical fish. With any luck, the transformation
will occur in time for Christmas. The 8-foot-tall tanks were installed at the end of July, and it was expected they'd be
full of fish by last month. Now, months later, the empty boxes remain under wraps and surrounded by ugly sawhorses. Part
of the long wait was due to a nearly month-long curing process to ensure that the silicone adhesive sealing the
3-inch-thick acrylic walls of the tanks had dried completely. "Sometimes the devil is in the details," explained Borough
President James P. Molinaro, who funded the tanks with $750,000 from his capital program. He allowed as to how he's "a
little disappointed" that the process is taking so long, but he realizes the wait is necessary to "make sure it's done
correctly." Click
here
to read
more.
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From
tvnz.co.nz
in New
Zealand
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Squid
Gel Key
to
Surgical
Glue.
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Scientists
at Otago University have revealed how a sea creature that often ends up on our plates has provided the key ingredient
for a medical gel. The gel extracted from squid, shown above, helps control scarring and bleeding. This can be used
during different types of surgery, especially tricky operations through the nose such as sinus operations. Around a
third of sinus operations have to be repeated because bleeding and scarring cause adhesions that block the sinuses
again. So Professor Brian Robinson and colleagues at Otago turned to the sea and the squid to find an answer to the
reoccurring problem. They discovered a way of creating a water soluble gel out of an extract from squid. "The first
thing we tried had the required biological properties. We didn't know but we were just lucky it did," says Professor
Robinson. Like a commercial glue, two ingredients are mixed at the last moment and then squirted over the surgical
wounds. "It stops the formation of adhesions and blood clots and it stays in place for about a week and then it
naturally dissolves," Professor Robinson adds. Click
here
to read
more.
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From Joshua from Okemos, Michigan, |
Hello
Guys,
Here
are
the
fishy
news
links
for
this
week.
If
you
get
a
chance
check
out
the
first
link.
It
is
the
LFS
I
work
at.
Come
on
in
and
talk
to
me
and
I
will
give
you
a
behind
the
scene
tour
of
our
breeding
and
hospital
rooms
...
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Dan from San Antonio, and
Evan from Colorado. |
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