The main theories: pollution of water sources, changes in radiation and the effect of a small population
Remember the fish with three or more eyes that appears from time to time in episodes and even in the movie The Simpsons? In the series, these fish illustrate the pollution of the lake near the nuclear power plant, but pollution and deformed animals also exist in reality.
In the animal ecology laboratory, headed by Prof. Leon Blaustein, a tadpole (puppet) of a two-headed salamander was found. Dr. Uri Segev and Antonina Flavikov, researchers in the laboratory stated that cases of deformations (distortions) mainly in the limbs among salamander tadpoles have been observed in the past, but a case of two heads is rarer. The reason for this distortion is unknown, but the main theories are the pollution of the water sources, changes in radiation and the effect of a small population.
The salamander in Israel is an endangered species, mainly because of environmental disturbances such as soil and water pollution and the destruction of habitats. In Prof. Blaustein's laboratory, research is being carried out for many years to try and understand the biological mechanisms of this unique amphibian, with the aim of helping the people of the Nature and Parks Authority to maintain the existing populations and restore endangered populations.
According to the researchers at the lab, the salamanders are a marker for the health of the environment in general, because they are extremely sensitive to infections and changes in the environment, and therefore are the ones that are affected first.
3 תגובות
JNUSU,
Sorry an error. The salamander is really from Haifa.
Further to the publication of the air pollution data in Haifa, if there were salamanders in Haifa, they would grow three heads and one more on the tail...