• Question: what is the most recent thing that you are investigating

    Asked by 754nveg45 to Lauren, Marisol, Michael, Sarah, Sophie on 16 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Marisol Collins

      Marisol Collins answered on 16 Nov 2016:


      Great question! Right now I am investigating where in the UK we have a parasite called Echinococcus. This is a little tapeworm that lives in the intestines of dogs (and doesn’t make them ill), but when it gets into other species, like sheep, cattle and even humans, it can cause a nasty disease called Hydatid Disease.

      We don’t really know where in the UK this parasite can be found, so my job in to investigate this by testing poo from dogs all around the country, and draw maps of where I have found the parasite. Once we know this, we can advise dog owners how to worm their dogs with the right treatment to stop the parasite from spreading and being a risk to animals and people.

      Marisol 🙂

    • Photo: Lauren Burt

      Lauren Burt answered on 16 Nov 2016:


      Hey!

      I am looking at how squishy mud is! I took some samples from near a beach at the coast to see what would happen if we built on it.

      It is really squishy!!

      Lauren

    • Photo: Michael Rivera

      Michael Rivera answered on 17 Nov 2016:


      At the moment, I am looking at people who live on the coast and rely on resources from rivers, lake and seas. I want to see how activities like fishing, swimming and rowing change our bodies in terms of how strong our bones are, and whether food like fish made people in the past healthier.

      To do this study, I am traveling to countries in East Europe called Estonia and Latvia. There were many people who lived in these places around 5,000 years ago, and the places they lived in are relatively flat, and relatively close to rivers and oceans. I hope to see a lot of signs of healthy diets, because they’re eating a lot of fish and getting a lot of protein! I also want to see from my results they had stronger bones from all the fishing and swimming!

      What do you think? Interesting?

      Michael 🙂

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