Thursday, August 26, 2010

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/08/25/why_fish_dont_freeze_in_the_arctic_ocean.html

5 Sentence Summary

The article is about how scientists decided to study how fish in the Arctic Ocean could survive in the cold temperatures of the ocean. The fish have a special chemical in their blood to keep them from freezing. Scientists say that this chemical actually works better than anti-freeze. Temperatures of 1.8 c according to the article says that that temp. should be enough to freeze a fish's blood. The actual freezing point of fish blood is -.9 c. These fish being able to survive in these temperatures have interested scientists for over 50 years.


5 Sentence Opinion

In my opinion this article was very interesting. I think this research is very important and the article is very descriptive and thorough. I think that it is pretty interesting that these fish above all others have been able to adapt to their environment. I also think that if there was a way for us to replicate those chemicals, we would be better off and more advanced because apparently it is better than our anti-freeze. In my opinion the article was very intriguing and informative.

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