Comments for Mrs. Nickerson's Science Blog

Comment on Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors? by 2trahern

2trahern — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:56:20 +0000

They probably go for light colors so the can attract females. Females are the only ones how are dark or camouflaged so they can sit in a nest and watch the eggs. They are attracted because the females just go for looks just like modern day humans.

Comment on Google Droid vs. iPhone by 2jennyb

2jennyb — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:55:58 +0000

I think that the i phone is more popular and a better buy because it has more entertainment.

Comment on I’m not fat by 2ericc

2ericc — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:54:29 +0000

I believe that obese people’s mind set is that they stand them selves in the mirror but see a different person than what is actually there. I think that people are like that because they cant face the truth, that there obese.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 4kristenv

4kristenv — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:50:29 +0000

I am afraid of the dark and being alone in the dark and i know my fears our due to past and childhood experiences. I know people who are scared of snakes, heights, te dark but i think most fear is physchological or from past experiences.I think if someone had those phobias a prank would work but it wouldnt be very nice. the other night my boyfriend was over and forgot why i was scared of the dark and ran out of the room and turned the lights off and i imediatly went into the fetal position and broke into tears and he ran back in because he suddenly remember and couldnt stop appologizing. It not funny to mess with peoples fears because by messing with their fears your messing with their emoitions.

Comment on Wolves Lose Hunting Skills in Mid-Life by 2trahern

2trahern — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:46:26 +0000

They might be dyeing because the slowly getting unused to the environment, by all the changes in the world they are not adapting to it. We should wait for a while longer because they may adapt soon if not we can try to help them, but I do not know how.

Comment on Issues With Texting! by 4kristenv

4kristenv — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:45:56 +0000

I think texting can cause pain in joints and fingers as well as arthuritis (dont think the spelling is correct). But does that mean people will stop doing it? Going outside can give u cancer and so can drinking koolaid but people do that. So if this is an issue of whether it causes pain then yes it does but does it matter to the people who text alot probably not i know ill keep texting.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 4jaredw

4jaredw — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:03:43 +0000

Well everybody has their phobia, rather it be fear of shower curtains or fear of spiders. I don’t have a lot of phobias, but one I defiantly have is claustrophobia, which is being afraid of small spaces. If I am stuck in a small space knowing that I cant get out, I absolutely freak out. I feel like I can’t get oxygen and that I’m going to suffocate to death. You may find that stupid, knowing if your trapped in a small space your going to be fine, But what if your afraid of shower curtains, thinking that the curtain is going to wrap around you and squeeze you to death. There are many reasons why people have their phobias.

Comment on Can Playing Active Video Games Equal Moderate Intensity Exercise? by 4jaredw

4jaredw — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:48:16 +0000

Well I think that they pump out these video games because they seem to be fun, not because they make you lose weight. But since you are actually standing or waving your arm around or both, they consider these types of games to active, when really they do very little. Take this into consideration, What would lose more weight? Standing on a balance board virtually snowboarding, or heading up to Mt. Bachelor, strapping a board to your feet and sliding down a hill knowing if you crash its gonna hurt. What burns more calories?

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 5faronh

5faronh — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:43:31 +0000

I know that biggest fear is of the dark. Well I’m not really scared of the dark, but of what could be lurking in the dark. I always get scared when i’m alone in a dark room. I don’t like it because I feel like something is going to reachout and touch me or grab me and then I also feel like something in the dark is going to hurt me and I can’t do anything about it.

Comment on Are you bipolar? by 5monical

5monical — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:18 +0000

Yes I think it is hereditary and I have no clue if the test will be successful lets wait and see.

Comment on gentic testing by 5monical

5monical — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:37:58 +0000

I don’t think it should be illegal what is wrong with wanting to have a healthy baby that doesn’t have any of your bad family history

Comment on No more ice in the Northern Hemisphere? by Faron Hicks

Faron Hicks — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:36:01 +0000

I think that back in earlier years like the 90’s we were just starting to find out what global warming was and since no one was really thinking about global warming the world kept polluting and making the earth a bad place. I think that if we all work together now we can try and reverse the effects of it and we might be able to stop the effects from effecting the world even more.

Comment on I’m not fat by 4leahb

4leahb — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:32:00 +0000

I think that people who are obese, were probably not born overweight. The weight just would sneak up on them. I think they go into it with a mind set thinking that they are smaller than they really are because it’s hard for them to think of themselves as bigger than they really are.

Comment on Do You Talk As Polite As The Whales? by 5brittanym

5brittanym — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:29:31 +0000

I think sometimes i am as poite as whales but other times when im irritable i deffinately dont talk polite like the whales.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 4leahb

4leahb — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:28:24 +0000

My biggest fear is spiders, they scare me because of their eight eyes and legs, plus some of them are hairy! I think that most of these fears are very reasonable and I can see why some people of a phobia of certain things.

Comment on Addicted to video games by 5brittanym

5brittanym — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:27:45 +0000

I dont think im addicted to video games but then again i never have time to be on the video games. I think that games are a big waste of time that people should watch the amount of playing time they have.

Comment on Rats and Eating Disorders? by 2morganp

2morganp — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:03:15 +0000

I agree with Tiffany, our sizes are really different. I dont think that it is really accurate to test on rats, to see if it will help our eating habits.

Comment on Can Playing Active Video Games Equal Moderate Intensity Exercise? by 2morganp

2morganp — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:56:43 +0000

yes, I have played the wii and I do like it. I like that it keeps you active and insteaad of the other video games where you are just sittng on the couch. I think that they are actually helping people, because it hepls them be active. I even heard that they are putting the wii’s in retirement homes to help older people be more active.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 2ericc

2ericc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:23:29 +0000

My worst fear would have to be the dark. I dont get scared that often but the feeling of not being able to know what is happening makes me feel vulnerable. I do agree with most of these Phobias because i do know many people that are afraid of snakes. I would use these phobias to scare people. Or at least make them think differently.

Comment on I’m not fat by 4ashleyc

4ashleyc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:21:49 +0000

I think they just say that and they really know that they are over weight. They mabye say that because they have tried to loose weight and get healther but it wasn’t happening so they get it in there mined that they are perfectly healthy.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 2karab

2karab — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:29 +0000

My greatest fear is going anywhere in the dark by myself. I think a better way of putting it, is that I am scared of the unknown. I do agree with these phobias. I used to be deathly afraid of the dentist and dogs. When I was a baby, thunder and lightning made me cry. If i played a joke on someone I would probably take fake snakes and have them like come out of no where or something.

Comment on Wolves Lose Hunting Skills in Mid-Life by 2karab

2karab — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:15:18 +0000

I think to help with this problem we could simulate the “hunt” in recreation and national park. If we do that, we can keep the wolves in better condition as the generations go on.

Comment on What Really Does Scare People? by 4ashleyc

4ashleyc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:15:15 +0000

Yeah I would use those. My boyfriends mom is deathly afraid of snakes. Me I am more afraid of big hairy gross spiders, and the dark I hate being in the dark that freaks me out I dont ever know what is going on.

Comment on Researchers Spawn a New Breed of Robotic Fish. by 2ericc

2ericc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:24:26 +0000

I think that in the future it can be used as a camera to swim to the deepest part of the oceans where no human can go since the water pressure. It might not if the number of robotic fish is limited but it can get out of control if they let go to many. I dont think it will be that much of a problem because they must be expensive and dont want to lose them. They might use them to train for the real thing. They might even be used to save endanger fish.

Comment on Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors? by 2ericc

2ericc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:11:38 +0000

I think they do go for a specific color because they are drawn to it. Something in the colors may attract there own or warn other species. I think there attracted to them because if two different species were different colors then that could mean that they will mate with other species or fight there own.