Few fish care for their young, but the mouth-breeder does so by sheltering them in her mouth when danger threatens. She spits the young out when it is safe.
Holy fire
Holy fire Gardeners in Europe and the US may have a secret
weapon in the fight against disease in their gardens. An ornamental
bush, Summer Cypress, which is also known as the ‘burning
bush’ due to its deep red colour, may provide a cheap and
effective way to fight ‘filariasis’, a disfiguring
parasitic disease that affects 15 million people in Africa alone.
The bush may also be a weapon against mosquitoes who spread the
West Nile virus, which attacks the central nervous system and can
kill. Researchers have found that the bush contains a substance
which, when converted into a pheromone - a hormone which only
mosquitoes can detect, can be used to lure mosquitoes to their
deaths in artificial traps. 2 OCTOBER 1999, P. 23
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