When a female seahorse is ready to lay her eggs, she squirts as many as 600 eggs into the male's pouch. The male provides the eggs with all the oxygen and nutrients. Six weeks later he delivers young by shooting them out of his pouch.
Germ believed a warming foe
Germ believed a warming foe Scientists have discovered a bacterium in the
acidic peat bogs of western Siberia which reduces methane by 90 per
cent, reports the journal 'Science" today. The bacterium, called
"Beijerinckia", turns methane into energy before the gas escapes
into the atmosphere. It is hoped that this bacterium could
eventually work to fight against global warming by getting rid of
greenhouse gases before they reach the atmosphere. 9 OCTOBER 1998
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