This week in science class we got to play this awesome game! We got to steal each others cards and make a giant food web. Then we got to read an awesome story about cats parachuting into Borneo. So, what happened was that malaria was spreading in Borneo and the people there needed to do something about it. So, the National Health Organisation decided it was a good idea to put a chemical called DDT everywhere there. It did kill all the mosquitos that carried the malaria, but side effects were happening. Along with killing the mosquitos the DDT also killed a parasitic wasp that ate thatch-eating caterpillars. The thatch eating caterpillars ate the roofs of peoples houses, and since the wasps weren’t their to eat the thatch-eating caterpillars that population grew and roofs started to fall on peoples heads. Worse than that, the insects that died from the DDT were being eaten by the geckos that lived there and then the cats ate the geckos. So the cats started to die and the rat population wen tip and the people that lived in Borneo got introduced to two new diseases the rats carried. So to stop the problem that the National Health Organisation created, they parachuted cats into Borneo to eat the rat. Pretty crazy story, right? I think it is kind of funny because I like the thought of parachuting cats into Borneo. We also got to go to Aidan’s parents winery and shop. That was cool to learn about and smell all the lavender and things. We also got to try this Chardonnay grape juice and it was really good! It tasted a lot like apple cider and it looked like gravy. I love the smell of lavender (we got to smell a lot of it).
– Do you think the cats would do that again if they got a chance?
– Do cats like apples?
– What did the cats look like as they were parachuting down to Borneo?
