Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2018 i National Geographic Kids

IT WOULD TAKE YOU MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS TO WATCH ALL OF THE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. Young koalas sometimes smell like cough drops. A man in Indiana parachuted out of an airplane 640 times in 24hours. Certain species of birds can sing with regional “accents.” Only 12 people have walked on the MOON. A meatball weighed 109 pounds— that’s enough beef to make 436 hamburgers. If you lined up all the eyelashes a person loses in a lifetime, the hairs would stretch the length of 10 crocodiles. A howler monkey’s roar can be heard up to 3 miles away. CHECK OUT THE BOOK AND APP!…

It may be Halloween, but you don’t want your pet to get spooked. Follow these tips to keep your animals happy and safe this year. ■ Some pets will make like a ghost and disappear through open front doors. Watch your animal carefully when you welcome trick-or-treaters so it doesn’t dash outside. ■ Your furry family member should wear an ID tag with your address. That way if the pet does get loose, someone will bring it home. ■ Doorbells may stress your pet. Consider putting a sign on your front door asking trickor-treaters to knock instead. ■ Place nervous animals in a closed room so they don’t get upset by all the Halloween commotion. Fill the room with your pet’s favorite toys to keep it happy. ■ Chocolate and…

THE MYSTERY DOES THE YETI EXIST? THE BACKGROUND The word “yeti” means “little man-like animal” in the Tibetan language. According to legend, yetis are hairy (and not so little) ogres that look like a cross between a human and a bear. People today still report seeing the mysterious creatures roaming Asia’s Himalayan mountains. The fur-covered monster reportedly stands eight feet tall, weighs some 400 pounds, and snacks on goats. Debate has raged for centuries about whether this creature is man, myth, or bear. THE CLUES In 1986, a man hiking in the Himalaya photographed what he thought was a yeti in the snow. Other believers have tried testing furry scalps and hair samples, hoping they belonged to an unknown animal. One man even collected what he said was a yeti…

BATH TIME  All cats groom their fur to keep themselves clean. A good bath can take away that dirty-fur smell—from, say, an impala or a dead mouse—making the cats less noticeable to their prey. So both big and little kitties have rough tongues to get the job done. Just don’t let a tiger get close enough to prove it! SMELL CHECK Does your kitty rub its head against your legs? It may be signaling to other cats that you belong to it. Cats have scent glands near their ears and neck and on their feet; they mark their territory by rubbing or clawing. Big cats do this too, though they mark trees instead of you.(That’s a good thing!) CATCHING Z’S Depending on the species, cats can sleep between 12 and…

BEWARE: A lot of people don’t believe in ghosts, ghouls, vampires, or zombies. Maybe you don’t either. And these methods of dealing with them have definitely NOT been scientifically tested. But just in case anything spooky should happen to exist, we’ve gathered the best advice from folklore, urban myths, and scary movies. 1 WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF A GHOST? A. Get a pet cat. B. Spray your entire house with perfume. C. Make a trail of candy leading out the door. D. Politely ask it to leave. 2 WHAT COLOR SHOULD YOU NOT WEAR TO AVOID ATTRACTING THE MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM, A POSIONOUS CREATURE SAID TO ROAM THE GOBI DESERT? A. pink B. yellow C. black D. purple with orange spots 3…