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World's Deepest Land Animal Discovered

I read an article entitled "World's Deepest Land Animal Discovered."  It was about an insect called the springtail. The springtail is an insect without eyes but has long antennae. It has a grayish color body. The springtail had recently been found in Krubera- Voronja a cave in a remote area near the Black Sea that reaches a depth of 7,188 ft below the surface. This is the deepest in the Earth that an insect has ever been found. Scientist have speculated that these insect only recently began to live at such deep depths because of the fact that they have not lost their pigments like other organisms that live deep within the Earth. This brings a few questions to mind and that is if the springtail has begun to live deep within the Earth will other animals also begin to live deeper and deeper in the Earth and what do springtails eat since they live so deep within the Earth.  I found this article on Devine's paper.li and the link to this article is http://paper.li/238devink4/1327459028#!environment

Researchers Discovered That Fear Smells Like Sugar to Fish

Another article I read on Devine's paper.li was the article entitled "Researchers Discovered That Fear Smells Like Sugar to Fish." It is about the research done by the Duke/National University of Singapore about how when a fish is injured the rest off the school swims off in fear. The conclusion to this research was that when a fish is injured it releases chondroitin sulfate which is a type of sugar which scientist call Schreckstoff which means sweet stuff in German. This sugar works as a warning sign for the other fish by triggering fear in the other fish. This is scent is processed by sensory neurons known as crypt cells and scientist believe that these neurons are the key to understanding more fully this process.

The link to this article is http://paper.li/238devink4/1327459028#!health