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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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At the
Georgia
Aquarium in
Atlanta
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Divers
can Swim with
Whale
Sharks. |
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Guests at the
Georgia Aquarium
can now swim
or SCUBA dive
with whale sharks
at world’s largest
aquarium. Participants
may SCUBA dive
daily at 3 p.m.
or swim at 4:30
p.m. Swim with
Gentle Giants
registration
opens today
with the first
slots available
June 8 for Annual
Pass members
and July 1 for
everyone. The
cost for the
swim program
is $190 and
the dive program
is $290. Click
here to
read more.
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Scientists
at the
University of
Washington
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Zebrafish
can Protect
us from Hearing Loss.
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A small striped
fish is helping
scientists understand
what makes people
susceptible
to a common
form of hearing
loss, although,
in this case,
it's not the
fish's ears
that are of
interest. In
a new study
researchers
at the University
of Washington
have developed
a research method
that relies
on a Zebrafish's
lateral line
-- the faint
line running
down each side
of a fish that
enables it to
sense its surroundings
-- to quickly
screen for genes
and chemical
compounds that
protect against
hearing loss
from some medications.
Click
here to
read more.
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At the Carnegie
Institution,
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A
Discovery
about many
Marine Microorganisms.
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A startling
discovery by
scientists at
the Carnegie
Institution
puts a new twist
on photosynthesis,
arguably the
most important
biological process
on Earth. Photosynthesis
by plants, algae,
and some bacteria
supports nearly
all living things
by producing
food from sunlight,
and in the process
these organisms
release oxygen
and absorb carbon
dioxide. But
two studies
by Arthur Grossman
and colleagues*+
reported in
Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta
and Limnology
and Oceanography
suggest that
certain marine
microorganisms
have evolved
a way to break
the rules--they
get a significant
proportion of
their energy
without a net
release of oxygen
or uptake of
carbon dioxide.
This discovery
impacts not
only scientists'
basic understanding
of photosynthesis,
but importantly,
it may also
impact how microorganisms
in the oceans
affect rising
levels of atmospheric
carbon dioxide.
Click
here to
read more.
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In
Colombia,
South
America,
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Harlequin
Frog Rediscovered
In a Remote
Region.
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After 14 years
without having
been seen, several
young scientists
supported by
the Conservation
Leadership Programme
(CLP), have
rediscovered
the Carrikeri
Harlequin Frog
(Atelopus carrikeri)
in a remote
mountainous
region in Colombia.
The critically
endangered Carrikeri
Harelquin frog
was recently
rediscovered
by the Project
Atelopus team
in the Sierra
Nevada de Santa
Marta Mountains
in Colombia's
Magdalena department.
Colombia is
one of the world's
richest countries
in amphibian
diversity with
more than 583
species. Unfortunately,
in the past
several years,
there has been
a decline in
amphibian populations
especially in
higher elevations
in Colombia.
Click
here to
read more.
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At the University
of Ulster in
Northern Ireland,
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Secretions
from Frogs
Treats
Diabetes. |
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Secretions from
the skin of
a South American
frog could provide
a new treatment
for diabetes,
says a University
of Ulster scientist.
The paradoxical
frog, Pseudis
paradoxa, secretes
a substance
from its skin
which protects
it from infection.
But the molecule,
pseudin-2, may
have another
use for humans.
Researchers
found that it
stimulates the
release of insulin,
the vital hormone
which is deficient
in diabetes
sufferers. Click
here to
read more.
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In Jammu, Northern India,
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Srinagar to
have Aquarium
on Dal Lake
soon.
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As a major tourist
attraction,
Srinagar will
soon have a
big aquarium
to be located
on the banks
of the famed
Dal Lake and
at the foot
of Shankaracharya
hill at Gagribal
near here. The
aquarium will
have a 200 meter
long tunnel
with aqua caves
and house about
200 species
of ornamental
fish. It will
be a centrally
heated building
to withstand
extreme low
temperature
during winter.
Click
here to
read more.
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Callers during this Show
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Todd from Germantown,
Tennessee,
calls and talks about his new aquarium that has high
nitrites in the water. |
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Michael from El Paso calls and asks about
owning a fish store. |
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Dennis from Spokane talks
about his two 80-gallon aquariums. |
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