Parasitic SMELLING Plants

http://www.phschool.com/science/science_news/articles/scent_stalking.html

volatile- easy to evaporate
impatiens- an East African plant with abundant red, pink, or white flowers. It is often grown as a houseplant, and its many hybrids are grown as bedding plants.
parasitic- infest as like a parasite

Scientists found out that a dodder plant (more like a weed) is attracted to scent. They ran tests on it & found it is more attracted to tomato plants. It was labeled among the top 10 worst weeds. When it sprouts it doesn't have roots, it just has to find a good host to cling to. It was even attracted to perfume! This means scientists have found it to be the only one to grow toward scent.

I am glad we don't have dodders around here. But i don't know, there could be some. I think it is pretty cool it is able to get the chemicals from the air and grow toward the victim plant(kind of like a blind tiger). Although it doesn't kill the plant i still wouldn't like them around here.

Rattlesnake Vaccination for Dogs

Rattlesnake Vaccine for Dogs

http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2008/jan/scout1/

There are scientists that created a snake vaccine that will help dogs survive rattlesnake bites. But even when you have vaccinated your dog you need to get him to the vet fast because it still might not cause it to go away. Some people say it works some say it doesn't, but it still wouldn't hurt to go get your dog vaccinated.

If i knew about this earlier i would have gone to get our dogs vaccinated. I know what it feels like to lose a dog because i have lost 2 to rattlesnake bites. And since we live in an area like we do with lots of rattlesnakes it would be a good idea. For just an example the past week my dad killed one on the road and it was 3 1/2 feet long. So i think if you have a dog, GET IT VACCINATED