Robotic Fish Are This Invasive Species’ ‘Worst Nightmare’
by Rasha Aridi/Smithsonianmag.com
Mosquitofish may look small and unassuming, but don’t let appearances fool you: these invasive fish are menaces. Outside of their range, they outcompete other freshwater critters—like fishes and tadpoles—and feast on their eggs. Since they don’t have any natural predators beyond their range, their population goes unchecked as they wreak havoc on native wildlife, Charlotte Hu reports for Popular Science.
For decades, scientists scratched their heads trying to figure out how to control mosquitofish in a way that doesn’t also harm the ecosystem—a seemingly impossible feat. But they’ve finally had a breakthrough with a terrifying new tool meant to intimidate mosquitofish: a robotic fish, Livia Albeck-Ripka reports for the New York Times. The researchers reported their findings this week in the journal iScience.
“Instead of killing them one by one, we’re presenting an approach that can inform better strategies to control this global pest,” lead author Giovanni Polverino, a biologist at the University of Western Australia, says in a press release. “We made their worst nightmare become real: a robot that scares the mosquitofish but not the other animals around it.”
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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