Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2020/January 2021 i National Geographic Kids

1 DURING THE LAST ICE AGE 11,500 YEARS AGO, one-third of Earth’s surface was covered in ice. Today, ice covers only a 10th. 2 90 PERCENT OF ALL RECOVERED METEORITES COME FROM ANTARCTICA. 3 Icebergs are formed from glaciers on land and drift out to sea. THEY ARE MOSTLY MADE OF FRESHWATER. 4 Snowflakes GET SMALLER AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. 5 IT’S POSSIBLE TO SNOW SKI ON VOLCANOES IN HAWAII. 6 An ICE PALACE built in St. Petersburg, Russia, was an exact replica of one built by Empress Anna Ivanovna some 200 years ago. 7 SNOW CONES sold during the Great Depression were called “hard times sundaes” because they were cheap to make. 8 DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: If you touch your tongue to a metal pole on a below-freezing day,…

RED-EYED TREE FRO A This tree frog is a picky eater. FALSE: It’ll eat any insect—or even a frog—that fits into its mouth. B These frogs are great swimmers. FALSE: They spend most of their lives climbing and jumping in trees. C Mom lays eggs within dropping distance of water. TRUE: She lays 20 to 60 eggs on the underside of a leaf over water. D One look from a red-eyed tree frog stops a predator in its tracks. TRUE: Its red eyes and flashy colors may startle a hunter and give the frog a split second to hop away. E If an unhatched frog gets a bad feeling, it escapes from its egg. TRUE: It can tell the difference between vibrations caused by a moving snake or rain. If…

DOG UNTIES BOWS Give this pooch all the presents! Simba the Jack Russell terrier holds the record for the most ribbon bows undone by a dog in one minute. Taking the ribbons’ ends in her mouth, the pup undid the bows off of eight wrapped boxes to claim the record. Better keep Simba away from your birthday gifts. HUUUGE HUL A HOOP How long does it take to master spinning a hula hoop that’s approximately five times bigger than the average hoop? For Getti Kehayova, the record holder for largest hula hoop spun by a woman, it took about a year to learn to handle the 17-foot-wide contraption. Her first attempt at the record didn’t go well: The circle bumped her in the face—ouch. But her second try was a success.…

VAMPIRE SQUID EJECT BIOLUMINESCENT MUCUS FROM THEIR ARMS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF DEEP-SEA CREATURES ARE BIOLUMINESCENT. FIREFLIES GLOW TO HELP THEM FIND A MATE. SOME MILLIPEDES GLOW UNDER BLACK LIGHT. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

YOU CAN SAVE THE EARTH FROM PLASTIC TRASH! natgeokids.com/KidsVsPlastic Peep the Plastic Your home is probably full of plastic. And it’s not all bad—just don’t leave the stuff outside (where it could become litter or ocean trash) or toss it before you absolutely need to! Find at least 15 items in this bathroom made partly of plastic. ANSWERS ON PAGE 35 “Peep the Plastic” (pages 28-29): 1. glasses 2. comb 3. toothbrushes 4. razor 5. toilet scrubber 6. lotion bottle 7. nail polish remover bottle 8. cream container 9. soap dish 10. hair dryer 11. mascara tube 12. duck toy 13. nail polish 14. contact solution 15. mouthwash bottle CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

In Spain, “PASTA” is a slang term for “MONEY.” A $3 bill is used in the Bahamas. A porcupine appears on a collectible 50-tenge coin from Kazakhstan. A British businessman created his own CURRENCY—named the PUFFIN—for an ISLAND HE OWNED off of England. In 2005, thieves stole $70 MILLION from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil, after posing as landscapers and digging a 262-FOOT-LONG TUNNEL under the building. In 2013, a 1794 U.S. silver dollar sold for $10,016,875. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, a Canadian $1 COIN was secretly placed under the ice in the hockey rink to bring Canadian athletes LUCK. Soldiers in ANCIENT ROME were paid in SALT. A California couple found nearly $11 million worth of 19th-century gold coins buried in their backyard.…

A mother puma, trailed by three cubs, walks along a snow-capped hill in Chile’s Patagonia region. A large group of llama-like animals called guanacos graze nearby, stretching their long, furry necks to nibble on the grass. The cats pause—and watch. Their patience pays off when a guanaco calf strays from the herd. The mother puma tenses. She crouches on her legs and feet before launching herself toward the guanaco. She lands directly on the prey and subdues it before bringing it back to her cubs for dinner. Found all the way from Canada to southern Chile, pumas live in more places than any other land-dwelling mammal in the Western Hemisphere. They’re considered among the most adaptable animals in the world and can survive almost anywhere. About 50 of these wild…

Seeing isn’t always believing. Two of these funny signs and signals aren’t real. Can you spot which two are fake? ANSWERS ON PAGE 35 “Signs of the Times” (page 32): Signs 3 and 6 are fake.…