Current Event: Clash of the Crayfish

"Clash of the Crayfish: Why the Americans Are Winning." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 15 Mar. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. .

I read about the problem that exists in Yorkshire, there crayfish are slowly being extinct since there is an invader, the American crayfish. Yorkshire is one of the last places were white-clawed crayfish live and now that's also endagered. Since there are new crayfish living with them(the american crayfish) which are much more resistant and which spread the porcelain disease. The local crayfish suffer from this disease since they're not as resistant. From the disease they slowly loose there appetiet and die a couple years later. The white-clawed crayfish are also much more picky about there food, then there American counterparts. The American crayfish is more aggresive than the local one. Scientists are studying the fish and still cannot figure out why the American one is more succesful one then the british one.

I found this article on the science daily site. I chose it since the title the clash of the crayfish was really intriguing and just that was enough to make me want to read this source since the title couldn't have sounded a lot more interesting. I think the science daily site is a trustworthy one since I use it for most of my current events. They always realese new articles and videos on almost all science topics.

I found this article really interesting, since it talked about an endagered specie and how all most the same animal from a different part of the world is more resistant and is expanding it's community while the other one is slowly dying out. This article made me think of how entire species of animals can die out and how people must do more to help them since it is within our power to help other animals.