Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2021 i National Geographic Kids

CHECK OUT WEIRD BUT TRUE! ON DISNEY+. Outside, you are rarely more than 6 feet away from a SPIDER. GUESTS AT ONE HOTEL IN BERLIN, GERMANY, COULD SLEEP IN COFFINS. A DECAPITATED cockroach head can still WIGGLE its antennae. IN ENGLAND, BLACK CATS ARE CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK. TREATS MIGHT BRING YOU EXTRA LUCK. ODONOPHOBIA is the fear of teeth. In New Zealand, TWO VIALS supposedly holding GHOSTS sold for about $2,000. CERTAIN LIZARDS HAVE GREEN BLOOD. A town in Missouri is called FRANKENSTEIN.…

1 A type of parasitic worm creates “snail zombies” by taking over a snail’s eyestalks. 2 If stretched out, your small intestine would measure about three and a half times the length of your body. 3 One ice-cream company has sold flavors such as fish-sauce caramel, bone marrow and smoked berries, and mint and sea urchin. 4 One ancient Greek philosopher believed that pigeon droppings could cure baldness. 5 A baby koala eats its mom’s liquefied droppings—known as pap—because it can’t yet digest leaves. 6 For centuries, a solid, waxy substance vomited by sperm whales was used to make perfume. 7 A green, spiky fruit called durian is said to smell like a mix of onions, sewage, and burning rubber.…

1 Footage showed a cylindrical-shaped object dive-bombing into a volcano near Mexico City, a hot spot of supposed UFO activity. 2 Mummified crocodiles have been found in ancient Egyptian cemeteries. 3 Sheepshead fish have a set of pearly whites that look just like human teeth. 4 Termite queens can lay up to 7,000 eggs a day. 5 Cape buffalo are so dangerous, they’ve been nicknamed “Black Death.” 6 Some people can hear their eyeballs moving. 7 Up to a third of your pillow’s weight is likely bugs, mites, their poop, and dead skin. 8 Scary-looking gargoyles were placed on cathedrals to ward off evil spirits. 9 A popular attraction in Romania is Red Lake. The spooky-looking bloodish color is caused by ferric oxide, a chemical in the water. 10 Each year,…

1 What did Aztec people see in the patterns on the surface of the moon? A. a witch’s face B. a lion C. a rabbit D. the future 2 When it’s roosting or hibernating, a Townsend’s big-eared bat does what with its long ears? A. coils them like a ram’s horns B. folds them into thirds C. sheds them like a snake’s skin D. chews on them for nourishment 3 Which vegetable was used to make Halloween jack-o’-lanterns before pumpkins became the favorite? A. cabbage B. turnip C. onion D. rutabaga 4 How can you tell when a snake is about to shed its skin? A. Its eyes get cloudy. B. It climbs high up in a tree. C. It gets purple spots. D. It starts squealing. 5 At night,…

COOL GHOULS Don’t be spooked if you bump into one of these supercool spirits drawn by Nat Geo Kids readers. Draw a new mythical monster. Send us your original drawings: Nat Geo Kids —Monster Art Zone P.O. Box 98002 Washington, DC 20090-8002 Include your name, address, phone number, date of birth, a title for your drawing, a statement that it is your own work, and the name of your parent or guardian. Your parent or guardian must sign a release for publication if your illustration is selected. Submissions become the property of National Geographic Partners, and all rights thereto are transferred to National Geographic Partners. Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned. Selection will be at the discretion of Nat Geo Kids.…

A stack of 1,000 U.S. BANKNOTES is known as a BRICK. In April 2016, construction workers in Spain uncovered 1,300 pounds of THIRD-CENTURY ROMAN COINS. Like 100 cents equal 1 dollar in the United States, in Malawi money 100 tambala, meaning ”ROOSTER,“ make up 1 kwacha, meaning ”IT HAS DAWNED.” So the roosters announce the dawn! During a 2008 COIN SHORTAGE, some shop owners in BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, routinely offered CANDY instead of change. GIRAFFE TAIL HAIRS were once used as CURRENCY in parts of AFRICA. In 2015, the Pacific Ocean’s COOK ISLANDS issued a 12-sided 5-dollar coin. Sweden’s 20-krona bill features the children’s book character Pippi Longstocking. SWITZERLAND’S franc banknotes are vertical instead of horizontal. A U.S. dime from 1894 sold at auction for nearly $2 MILLION in January…

CHECK OUT THE BOOK! A farmer once grew a pumpkin that weighed 2,323 POUNDS. That’s as heavy as a rhinoceros! Humans have been growing pumpkins for 10,000 YEARS. Pumpkins take 85 to 120 days to grow, depending on the variety. Farmers in the United States grow more than 1.5 BILLION POUNDS of pumpkins every year. Americans may eat some 50 MILLION pumpkin pies every Thanksgiving! Pumpkins are 90 PERCENT water.…

GET MORE COOL STUFF IN THE NEW BOOK! FOUNTAIN OF CHOCOLATE Sugar rush! The world’s tallest tower of chocolate soars over 40 feet high in Austria, a country in Europe. The three-story fountain—which was built to celebrate the opening of a local chocolate factory—can support up to 2,200 pounds of cascading liquid chocolate. Quick, someone grab a giant spoon. SO THAT’S WHAT A HUMAN LOOKS LIKE. SUPERSIZE T. REX Sure, most T. rexes are scary … but wait until you meet Scotty. At nearly 43 feet long and weighing almost 20,000 pounds, it’s the largest T. rex skeleton ever found. Even though the dinosaur is only about 65 percent complete, paleontologists can make guesses about the skeleton’s full size based on what they’ve discovered already. However big it was, Scotty’s one…

Forget candy. The sweetest part of Halloween is pets in costumes! Millions of pet owners will dress up their best buds this October—including Nat Geo staff members. Check out some of our adorably attired pets in these pics. HEY‚ YOU FORGOT MY EYE PATCH! These pets like wearing costumes, but your pet may not. Never force your pet to do something it doesn’t want to do. OK‚ JUST ONE MORE PICTURE. I’M THE TACO THE TOWN. MAYBE THEY’LL THINK I’M A REAL BEAR! BEST-DRESSED PETS Check out the most popular costumes worn by party animals last Halloween. 1. pumpkin 2. hot dog 3. superhero 4. cat 5. bumblebee 6. ghost 7. dog 8. witch 9. devil 10. bat DRACULA? MORE LIKE CAT-ULA. If you dress up your pet, check that…

Greater bulldog bats might have dog-like faces, but they don’t eat kibble—they catch fish. Looking like spilled marshmallows, Hondu-ran white bats snooze together in tents they build out of leaves. Because of their black-and-white coloring, pied bats are also called panda or badger bats. One of the smallest mammals, the bumble-bee bat weighs less than a dime and is just about an inch long. Spix’s disk-winged bats have suction-cup thumbs and ankles to stick to leaves. Mariana flying foxes are important pollinators on remote islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a wingspan over five feet, the golden-capped fruit bat is one of the world’s largest bats. WATCH A FUNNY BAT VIDEO! natgeokids.com/october…