Innholdsfortegnelse for June - July 2018 i National Geographic Kids

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin The most recognizable of all the dolphin species, the playful bottlenose can be spotted in warm waters all over the world. Amazon river dolphin Found in the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America, this dolphin has been spotted in lakes, small channels, rapids, and even below waterfalls! Atlantic spotted dolphin You’ll find these smart dolphins in the warm, tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean. They spend most of their time over sand flats in shallow waters. Commerson’s dolphin The southwest Atlantic Ocean is where you’ll find these dolphins. They prefer shallow waters and use the tides to help them swim closer to the shore when it’s time to hunt. Dusky dolphin These expert swimmers move to deeper waters off the cool coasts of South America, South…

Even scientists goof up sometimes! These Nat Geo explorers share some of their wildest slipups and hardest fails Helping Hand THE SCIENTIST: Agustín Fuentes COOL JOB: Biological anthropologist THE LOCATION: Indonesia, a country in Southeast Asia It was nighttime, and I was lost in the jungle. I had decided to chase a rare maroon leaf monkey off of the trail for hours, forgetting to grab a buddy or notice where I was going. I started to panic: I realized I could be lost for days. “Soon I heard crackling branches and rustling leavessomething big was coming. It was an orangutan, which I knew could be aggressive. I was too scared to move. But the ape offered her hand. That’s when I recognized her as a formerly captive orangutan we knew…

Poseidon—along with his brother, Hades, and his sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera—was swallowed at birth by his father, Cronus. Then a sixth child, Zeus, who was never swallowed, and thus had never known humiliation, freed them. Poseidon sized things up: Zeus was a force to be reckoned with—that was the guy to follow. For 10 long years, the six brothers and sisters fought their father and aunts and uncles—the mighty Titans. It was a nasty war, but what war isn’t? Poseidon gritted his teeth and did his part. He was no coward, after all. He donned armor and went into battle. But now and then there was a lull in the battle, perhaps because Zeus got distracted or because the Titans needed a rest. Who knew? No one ever explained…

THE CODE: PIGPEN CIPHER This code puts letters into boxes, or pens, giving it its name: the pigpen cipher. Each letter is represented by the section of the grid it’s in.(In the key below, the dots are next to the letters. But in the coded message, the dots are placed in the center.) Check out the pigpen alphabet below. So you write PIGPEN IS OLD like this: CRACK THIS CODE!  Using the pigpen alphabet, decode the message below. ANSWER ON PAGE 33 SECRET LANGUAGE People have used the pigpen cipher since at least the 1700s. It’s sometimes called the Freemason’s cipher because that secret society often used it to keep information a mystery to people outside of the group. One famous Freemason, George Washington, even used this cipher during the…

THE FORMER FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA ONCE ISSUED A 500-BILLION DINAR NOTE— THAT’S 11 ZEROS! BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S OWN PRINTING COMPANY printed currency for three American colonies: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. IN RUSSIA, THE WORD FOR CABBAGE— KAPUSTA—IS SLANG FOR MONEY. ANCIENT AZTECS USED COCOA BEANS FOR CURRENCY. During World War II, Canada minted a “VICTORY NICKEL” with the Morse code message “We win when we work willingly.” IT TAKES U.S. BILLS TO EQUAL ONE POUND. SIR EDMUND HILLARY— THE FIRST EXPLORER TO SUMMIT MOUNT EVEREST—APPEARS ON THE FIVE-DOLLAR NOTE IN HIS NATIVE NEW ZEALAND. THE PACIFIC ISLAND OF PALAU ISSUED A SILVER COIN THAT SMELLS LIKE OCEAN BREEZES. In China and Vietnam, people burn fake moneycalled “ghost money”— to honor their ancestors. MONEY TIP! WANT…

Abottlenose dolphin flips its tail as it swims with its dolphin friends. A baby chimpanzee watches closely as its mom shows it how to crack a nut. A male wolf howls to gather the pack for a hunt. Playing, teaching, and working together are known as “social skills.” Humans, of course, are social animals. So are bottlenose dolphins, chimps, and wolves. And according to scientists, it’s time to move one animal higher up the list: orcas! Orcas are dolphins, so scientists have known about some social behavior. “We knew orcas travel in pods,” says biologist Janice Waite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But new research shows that the school-bussize swimmers have more complex social behaviors than previously understood. Could orcas be among the most social animals of all?…

Go on Safari These tourists are on safari in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, a country in Africa. Help them find the correct path to their evening camp. ANSWER ON PAGE 33 BONUS SCIENCE GAME! The tourists need to use complex movement—curved movements, sometimes in different directionsto navigate their way through the maze.(Simple movement is moving in a straight line in one direction.) Count how many curves are in the solution to the maze.…

Ostrich LIVES IN: Sub-Saharan Africa SCREEN NAME: BiggestBird FRIENDS: RockOn ROCK HYRAX KeepItRolling DUNG BEETLE InPlainSight PLAINS ZEBRA START 8 a.m. Hey, InPlainSight, where are you? I can’t kick it on the savanna without you! You two are hanging out already? I need a few hours of basking in the sun before I can get my day started. #RockNaps4Life Let me know where you guys meet up. I’m hungry for breakfast: the juice from your dung! Gross. But I guess you can come. At least you’re keeping the flies away when you roll my dung to bury it and then lay your eggs in it. I’m so glad I don’t bury my head in the sand … 11 a.m. Anybody know a good watering hole? It’s getting hot, and that…