Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2017 i National Geographic Kids

FLOATING ISLAND You’d want to be stranded on this island. Modeled after a large species of lilypad that drifts down the Amazon River, the Lilypad floating ecopolis is designed to float along the ocean. This man-made habitat would feature homes and shops structured around a lagoon that could collect rain for drinking water. Fueled in part by wind and solar power, the island concept could provide up to 50,000 residents with an eco-friendly home—and the ultimate oceanfront view. GLOVES GIVE CONCERT These gloves hit the right notes. Sensors inside the fingertips detect when you press on a hard surface and send a signal to a speaker to produce the same musical notes created by hitting piano keys. Tap out a tune with your hands side by side. Then move your…

“I like to make a splash!” You’re like a blacktip shark, which performs a showy display by leaping from the sea, rotating several times, and splashing down. “I’m very observant.” Meet your match, the hammerhead shark! The fish’s wide-set eyes give it a broad range of vision, which helps it find prey. “I can seem intimidating, but I’m really a big softie.” Reaching 40 feet long, the whale shark is the world’s largest fish. But this shark is usually gentle and calm. “I like to lounge around.” You resemble the Caribbean reef shark, nicknamed the “sleeping shark” for lying motionless on the seafloor when it’s not hunting. “I’m always on the go.” Great white sharks have lots of energy, like you! With its torpedo-shaped body and strong tail, the fish…

BIG BUNNY Darius is no ordinary bunny—he’s more than four feet long! This furry creature holds the record for the longest rabbit. Darius is a Flemish giant rabbit, a breed known for its size. What does a giant rabbit eat? In addition to his meals, which consist of rabbit chow, three apples, and a head of cabbage, Darius snacks on—what else?—carrots, up to 12 a day. SUPER TALL Photographers may have needed a special lens when the woman with the longest recorded legs met the onetime shortest-known man who could walk, He Pingping. Four feet four inches of Svetlana Pankratova’s six-foot-five-inch frame are just legs. Unsurprisingly, Pankratova did what a lot of tall people do in school: She played on the basketball team. UNDERWATER CAR Soon you may not need…

GIRL CAN’T SINK WHAT Waterwalkerz Ball WHERE Moscow, Russia DETAILS No need for superpowers to walk, spin, or flip on water. At Ostanskinsky Pond, a visitor rented a Waterwalkerz Ball, a gigantic plastic globe that floats on the water’s surface. While inside, she romped around—no swimsuit required. TRANSFORMER INVADES CITY WHAT Transformer Statue WHERE London, England DETAILS To promote the DVD release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a movie studio transformed the city’s iconic “bendy buses” into, well, a Transformer. (A bendy bus is basically two buses attached so they can bend in the middle.) Towering 13 feet tall, the Transformer was constructed out of real bus parts. WOMAN TURNS INTO SODA MACHINE WHAT Human Vending Machine WHERE Tokyo, Japan DETAILS How do you hide if a monster is…

Bei Bei the giant panda cub learned skills from his keepers to help vets examine him. Other zookeepers have different kinds of wild techniques when it comes to caring for baby animals. Check out some of the wacky ways caretakers nurture youngsters in zoos around the world. FOOD ON THE MOVE North Carolina Zoo, North Carolina Kenickie the arctic fox would’ve gone anywhere for a good meal. Before receiving a snack, the fox had to follow a Ping-Pong ball on a stick that his keeper moved around. Then the human used tongs to feed the fox puppy chow. Caretakers wanted to get Kenickie comfortable with pursuing the ball so they could use it to guide Kenickie into a crate when he needed to be taken for checkups. Kenickie quickly caught…

1 The word “volcano” comes from the Roman name of the f ire god, Vulcan. 2 The air trapped inside an can be thousands of years old. 3 It would take a stack of more than 100 000 to reach the layer of Earth’s atmosphere. 4 Cheetah ancestors roamed North America four million about years ago. 5 Nearly 7000 , dif ferent languagesare spoken worldwide. BIG WINNER! Congratulations to the 2017 National Geographic Bee champion, Pranay Varada, 14, from Carrollton, Texas. He won a $50,000 college scholarship, a trip to the Galápagos Islands, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society. Go online to learn more about the Nat Geo Bee. natgeokids.com/geobee Ask your teacher to register your school for the 2018 Bee by January 2018.…

During a torrential rainstorm in England, a farmer goes outside to check on his sheep. The flock is safe, but he stumbles across another animal in serious trouble. Lying motionless on the ground is a tiny, almost furless badger cub. The farmer notices a flicker of life, so he tucks the tiny creature into his pocket and drives to an animal rescue center. SOUND OFF By the time the cub arrives at the center, Secret World, it’s wriggling and making a badger’s distinctive chirping sound. The staff is pleased to see that the female cub has no wounds or parasites. “She’s so perfect,” says Pauline Kidner, founder of Secret World. “But she’s very young.” Less than 48 hours old, the animal is vulnerable to many health problems. JUST WARMING UP…