Now that’s an eye opener.Īs every Shakespearean analysis I’ve had to sit through asked, “but what does this mean?”. The nutrient boosted water however, also known as eutrophic water, actually slowed the cercariae down. We looked to ‘sea’ if this water was different from the real stuff and surprise, surprise there was no difference between the two for our little cercariae. The water for example has so much going on like changes in acidity, salinity, or temperature (although some are a result of increased levels of carbon dioxide).Here, my buddy and I looked at artificial seawater and water with a little added boost of nutrients for our studies.Īrtificial seawater in laymen’s terms is just seawater that scientists make in case they’re no where near an ocean. You see, as I’m sure you’ve heard The climate is changing! A lot of this is thanks to human activity increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but there are other changes too.
Instead of spending our efforts on discount games or a boot, this time we spent our efforts on finding out how humans are changing their activity with regards to their speed. With this stage of their life in question, we took to the lab like a high schooler off with their first pay check. They’re most vulnerable at this stage in their life but hopefully they’ll find a nice vertebrate like a sheep to end up with.įrom Wikimedia Commons: Two cercariae seen through a microscope Here we looked at their larval stage called cercariae (sir-care-ia), which have just broken up with their first host, a snail, and are now moving on to better options. Whether it’s starting off as an egg or looking for another host (trematodes usually have 2 main hosts), trematodes are known to inhabit things like snails or sheep depending on the life cycle stage they are in. That’s right, even worms go through the horrific phases of puberty.Īlthough for humans like us the main changes to our bodies happen during puberty, trematodes go through multiple stages of change. Like us, these guys go through a lot of changes in their life. This time we’re looking at some parasitic flatworms known as trematodes. Hey there it’s me again! Yep that’s right, I’m back at it with another blog for you.
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