Octopus Using Coconuts as Armour? What!?

Octopus are very smart creatures and they can also put their intelligence to maneuver through mazes and they even try to get out of tanks. This tool makes the humble animal the first invertebrate. This discovery was discovered by a team of scientists in Melbourne Australia. They did more than 500 dives in 1998 to 2008 in islands of Northern Sulawesi and Bali, to observe twenty different types of octopuses. When an octopus has found a coconut bigger than itself they would use the coconut for many different reasons. Number 1: They would use it to get away from predators. So they use it as amour Number 2: a place to look out for predators, and also when they see their pray. And lastly Number 3: A place to live in. So doing this can really help them in the future because it helps them with the main things for an animal to live. It provided shelter, amour if predators come, and a place for them to look for their pray. It is a tool that they have discovered, they are able to do this because octopus are very sophisticated animals compared to other animals.













First the website I went to find this article what DOGO news. And then I cam across the article at first the title just made no sense to me I just thought is this person crazy? But as I read it got very interesting. I just find it very interesting how that octopus have discovered to use the coconut as a tool. Because I know that they are very smart animals but I never thought they would use something that would help them with many different things. Also reading this article made me think when crabs use shells as protection because well first lets say octopus against crab with shell. But the shell has some type of fungus growing on the shells with toxic chemicals. First the octopus is able to crush the shell but it will sput the crab back out because it cannot stand the toxic chemicals on the shell. So that is why it reminds me of a crabs shell because they both use it as protection etc.

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By Meera Dolasia on 10/28/2011

"Octopus Use Coconut Shells As Mobile Home And Armor - Kids News Article." DOGO News - Kids News Articles! Kids Current Events; plus Kids News on Science, Sports, and More! Web. 31 Oct. 2011. .

Goats in Trees?!?!

Have you ever heard of goats in trees! Well guess what its true! In the North African country of Morocco there are goats that graze in the trees. These are not a special species of goats they are just regular goats. These goats have learned to adapt to there enviroment. Their source of food grows on Aragan trees and they are berries. Most of these trees are about 30 feet of the ground. The only way goats can get up is by scaling up. What scaling mean is when small plate like dermal or epidermal structures that characteristically form from the external covering of fishes, reptiles, and certain animals. Over the years these goats have not only learned how to do this but have also learned how to prance like a ballerina from branch to branch. There droppings also help with the locals because the locals pick up the dried up droppings and wash, grind, and press them to excrete oil. This oil is very healthy and highly coveted. So goats climbing trees is a very good thing!














First I went to DOGO news because I like the articles there and I picked something about an animal because I am very interested in them. And when I saw this article my eyes literally popped out of my head! I just never new that goats would be able to climb trees because they have hooves! So I just found it very interesting. I also found it interesting how the locals use their droppings to make oil which is also a good thing because we need more oil to cell. Each and everyday people all over the world find out that animals can do more then they are capable of. Maybe one day fish will be able to live out of the water! Who knows!

Bibliography

"Morocco's Nimble Goats - Kids News Article." DOGO News - Kids News Articles! Kids Current Events; plus Kids News on Science, Sports, and More! Web. 26 Oct. 2011. .

By Meera Dolasia on 09/23/2011

The Crooked Forest

There is a pine forest near Gryfino in the Northwest Poland. Where there are 400 weird curved pine trees. The weird part is that all these pine trees are surrounding a small area where there are then are all straight trees they way they are suppose to be. The theory for this is that the trees are shaped this way because of human intervention, with the saplings allowed to grow for around 10 years and then is pinned down in a way that they come up with a 90 degrees bend before coming straight out. Some of the locals believe it was handiwork be special carpenters from the German forces in 1930’s, in use for boats and furniture. But the trees were never harvested because World War 2 broke out in 1939. But then the Gryfino forest lumberjacks disagree because the pine trees are not good for furniture or boats. They think that the trees just grew naturally. These are some of the reasons why people think this has happened.

First I went to DOGO news and I saw that the new current events was about these trees. And I was interested because I have seen trees bend in other ways but never this way so I decide to write about that. And I think that the first theory is true because first it has the best reason of why it is and I just think it is compared to the other theory's. But I thought learning about this and finding out about this was very cool and interesting.

Biblography

"Poland's Mysterious 'Crooked Forest' - Kids News Article." DOGO News - Kids News Articles! Kids Current Events; plus Kids News on Science, Sports, and More! Web. 18 Oct. 2011. .

By Meera Dolasia on 10/11/2011

The rare White baby humpback whale!

Seeing a pod of humpback whales is a great treat for most humans to see. So imagine if people were able to see a pure humpback whale! So when the Australian resident Wayne Fewings and his family saw this pure humpback calf they we just amazed. This sighting took place on Thursday, September 29^th with the whales family was seen near Cid Harbor the coast of North Queensland. They saw something moving in the water when all of a sudden about 12-feet long white whale calf came out of the water, he could tell that it was only a few weeks old. The best but curious part for them was that the calf came so close to the boat it allowed Mr. Fewings to take amazing photos. Pure white whales are caused when the marine mammals are born without melanin, and they are extremely rare. The only documented one known to exist amongst 1500 that are reside along Australia’s east coast is Migaloo. Migaloo mean White Whale it is one of Australia’s most celebrated humpback whales. It was first sighted in 1991. Experts believe that while this calf could be Migaloo’s offspring, but it could also belong to a normal humpback whale carrying a recessive white gene. Scientist will not be able to confirm this unless the take samples and perform a perfect genetic test. Hopefully the little white whale will return and become a frequent visitor as Migaloo has been over the years.

First because I have not been to DOGO news in a long time I decided to go see what new articles they had. So I was going through and what caught my attention was this big picture of a white whale! And never in my life I have seen a white whale. So I decided to click on the article. I learned many things about the whale first it was found in Australia where I am from, Second I learned about how it is like the only other white whale compared to Migaloo. And lastly I never even knew there was a white whale! I think that it is so amazing because I actually sort of think that it would be exticnt because whales are almost extinct but his whit whale is living so I really enjoyed learning about it.


Bibliography

"Rare White Humpback Calf Sighted Off Australian Coast - Kids News Article." DOGO News - Kids News Articles! Kids Current Events; plus Kids News on Science, Sports, and More! Web. 05 Oct. 2011. .

By Meera Dolasia on 10/02/2011