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lhe Barrie Examiner Thursday December 16 1976 15 HONORS FOR BROWNIES These five Brownies were honored recently when the 9th Cambridge Brownie Pack enrolled new members and gave pins to first and second year members In front are Melanie Kells and Zillah Boomberg new Brownies Behind are Leigh Stoddart Heather Storey newly made sixer and Jeannette Kells tExaminerPhotol Finds fish with lung in Amazon expedition VANCOUVER CP Peter Hochachkas dissection of the airbreathing pirarueu revealed lung So what So the pirarucu is fish and the discovery of the lung was one of the more important finds for the University of British lumbia biology professor and the 16 other scientists he led in to the upper reaches of the Amazon River this year The fiveweek expedition sought to learn how fish in the Amazon have adapted to the rivers low oxygen content Mr Hochaehka said the scientistsall from UBCknew that almost half the fish in the Amazon breathed air The job was to find out how the process had evolved We were expecting changes rightatthelevelofthecell Instead the scientific fish ermen found that the fish air breathers and wateribrcath ershad adjusted to the rivers low oxygen levels by revanr pingtheir organ systems Its as if these animals went to natures version of Safeway Mr Hoehachka said tIfltl will tillllm The waterbreathers had de veloped smaller heart re placed red muscle fibres with white ones IiIaintained low blood level and switched much of the kidneys function to the gills The airvbreathers specifie ally the pirarucuhad evolved heart five times as large as its waterbreathing cousin There was strong blood flow much red muscle fibre massive kidneyand smallergills And of course there was the lung Mr Iiochachka said he ex pected an examination of the pirarucu to reveal the lung But its truly dramatic When you see it it blows your mind The biologist now says the ex pedition had naive exv peetation that the airebreathing fish might reveal something about the evolution of the first land vertebrates about 300 mil lion years ago Land vertebrates lelt the wa terto escape enemies But most of the pirarurtis enemies are land animals so it would be il logical lor it to evolve into land creature the biologist said In Ill atrium rug Special Qld The scientists accompanied native fishermen in dugout ca noes on noetural hunts for the pirarucu which can only be caught with baited hooks Pirarueu are ferocious and the sound of their huge jaws clamping shut on an evening meal sounded like coconut hitting the water liochachka said Mr QunuuiflDQOM This CHRISTMAS Give Peace of Mind ti for special ChrIstmos Membership Package coll 7261803 or vrsrt our office or l53 Dunlop Borne luv IV tut IrIIIIIItllltl How much Will it cost us to do Recreatin PANELING Prefinished simulated wood grain easy to install There is grain and tone to suit any furnishing style colour scheme and decor nun mum ouumn ll Nutmeg Cardinal Oak 665 540 569 635 589 589 Cherry Tone Fireside Cedar Royal Walnut Charter Pecan Concord Elm Mount Forest Pecan Brazilian Rain Forest Weatherbourd 731 it Wall moulding around perimeter Rolling Acres UPSY Daisy Shag Carpet 895 Ozite Style Tones Hanq main Tees it intervals as 777 Wei1 SUSPENDED 71 CEILINGS Textured Coiling Panels Set panels In qnd and rosstee every 2leet Indoor Outdoor PANEL ADHESIVEW Bonds Hardboard Drywal Panelng STRAPPING Spruc Polystyrene mustbetore Installing12 Ceiling We comma Prefinished mm 12 ceiling tIles or panelling smnger bond than mm nails or screws COVE Outside Corner L59 Casing 235m tin ft Base 3Isr Bose Shoe 139co Stop 169 VINYL FLOR TILE good stock of oasy to hotel tic pattern or plain CEILING TILE John valo murmur Color Panel NAILS M49 FREE DELIVERY LUMBER BUILDING SUPPLIES HWY 26 27 Oppoolto Goorglan Molll Barrio Ontario Toiophono W132