Nematodes!!!!!!!! Fo sho'

Nematodes are the most diverse phylum pseudocoelomates, and one of the most diverse of animals. There are over 80,000 different types of Nematodes and around 15,000 look to be parasitic. A Nematode is a type of round worm. Round worms are bilaterally symetric, triploblastic prostomes and a complete digestive system. They dont have a circulatory or resperatory system. They breathe through a function called diffusion.

which have four juvenile stages. An alternate form of the fourth stage juvenile, often called the "preadult" stage, is a unique resistant or survival stage in which the stylet is reduced and nonfunctional or absent and therefore does not feed. the preadults molt rapidly and begin feeding when placed near a plant root, perhaps due to some chemical compound released from the root. They are free-living species.

Nematodes help and destroy plants. There is one type that attacks cutworms from plants and then another type that attacks the plants. Nematodes are pretty cool. There are a lot of different species so they will probably find some more soon.

I'm Still alive and I'm still in Marine Biology!!!

Hello out there in Marine Biology land,

I am still here. Today in class we set up our aquariums and we put water in them. We have had some time to put corral and other cool things into them also. They are looking good. I am very excited to be able to purchase my fish and raise it. I have to start thinking of some names.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090320-robot-fish-video.html?source=rss

Thats Cool!!!

BLOGGING AGAIN

Well, this week in marine biology we only had one class. We wrote an essay and then we didn't have class on wednesday because of Mitzvah day. Last week we went to the pet store. We didn't buy fish but we looked at different kinds. We saw all kinds of fish, the pirañas were my favorite. Then we also saw this parrot that was extremely annoying and Mr. Welton thought that it had control of us. He also thinks that we are trained to think that puppies are cute. He has a reason for everything.

There is so much out there.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121657.htm