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PUP BABYSITS PIGLETS Oranienburg, Germany The litter of boar piglets living at the Lehnitz Animal Sanctuary loved trying to get piggyback rides from their best bud, Baby the French bulldog. “Sometimes when the animals romped around, one of the boars would try to scramble onto Baby’s back,” sanctuary worker Norbert Damm said. “Baby would playfully shake the piglet off.” The football-size boars arrived at the sanctuary where the dog lived after they were found alone and freezing in a nearby forest. When the pooch saw the shivering newborns, she ran right over. “Baby cuddled with them, just as their mom would’ve done,” Damm said. The pup stuck close to the pigs from then on. Eventually the boars moved to a nature reserve. But for a while the fuzzy crew enjoyed…
ITTY-BITTY KITTY Lilieput may be the world’s shortest cat, but she doesn’t let her other feline friends get in her way—she just runs right under them! Lilieput, who is a breed of cat known as a munchkin, is less than six inches tall at her shoulders. That’s barely taller than a soda can. EYE-POPPING RECORD! Your eyes might bulge when you see this. Kim Goodman can pop out her eyes almost a half inch beyond her eye sockets. Goodman discovered the talent when she was accidentally hit on the head (she wasn’t hurt) and now can pop her peepers anytime she wants. This is definitely something you have to see to believe. TOWER OF TOOTHPICKS It makes sense that the world’s tallest toothpick structure looks like the world’s tallest building.…
1 If you traveled as fast as a car on the highway, it would take nearly 3 days and nights to reach the Earth’s core. 2 About 3,000 lightning flashes occur on Earth every minute. 3 More than a thousand Earths could fit inside Jupiter. 4 Earth’s temperature rises slightly during a full moon. 5 Humans have lived on Earth for about 300,000 years; dinosaurs walked the planet for roughly 160y emairlsli. 6 Earth’s longest mountain range is under the sea.…
IN 60 SECONDS… … YOU WILL BLINK 15 TO 20 TIMES.…
Silly Seal Sniffs Eel Lisianski Island, Hawaii This seal nose a thing or two about getting into trouble. The Hawaiian monk seal pup was spotted lounging on the beach—with an eel hanging out of its nostril. Scientists approached the seal, gently held it down with their hands, and then pulled the two-and-a-half-foot dead eel out of its nose in about a minute. “The seal didn’t feel any pain,” says Charles Littnan, director of the Protected Species Division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Hawaii. “In fact it didn’t seem to care at all.” Scientists have since found three other young seals with eels in their noses—and they don’t know why. But since eels are on the seals’ menu, the mishap probably happened when the youngsters were hunting. “The…
This Special Supersmart Issue is here to help boost your brainpower. The next 12 pages are crammed with clever critters, 10 crazy questions you definitely need to know the answers to, and behind-the-scenes secrets from smart Nat Geo explorers. Plus find out more about Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad: Absolute Hero, a new book about five brainy buds starting middle school together. But first, take this fun personality quiz to see which type of genius you are—and which Izzy character you’re most like. Then start flipping to unleash your inner smarty-pants! GET THE SCOOP ON IZZY AND HER BRAINY BUDS. smartsquadbooks.com…
