Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2024 i National Geographic Kids

Newborn hippos can weigh the same as 22 bricks. Scientists found sharks living in an underwater volcano. SOME ORCHIDS SMELL LIKE HUMAN BODY ODOR TO ATTRACT MOSQUITOES THAT POLLINATE THEM. The land area of the airport in RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, is twice as big as the city of WASHINGTON, D.C. THE OLDEST PIECES OF PAPER IN THE WORLD WERE MADE 4,600 YEARS AGO. The hairs on raspberries are called STYLES. ONLY ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS LEFT-HANDED. SCIENTISTS THINK THAT JUPITER BUMPED A PLANET OUT OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 4 BILLION YEARS AGO. Snakes once had legs. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

Some modern INVENTIONS are actually ancient. THE ANCIENT GREEKS INVENTED THE ALARM CLOCK BY CREATING A DEVICE THAT DROPPED PEBBLES ONTO A GONG. THE FIRST ROCKETS WERE DEVELOPED AS FIREWORKS IN CHINA IN THE 1200s. ANCIENT EGYPTIANS CREATED A PELLET MADE OF HERBS, SPICES, AND HONEY THAT THEY CHEWED TO FRESHEN THEIR BREATH—MUCH LIKE TODAY’S MINTS. SCIENTISTS THINK ROMAN EMPEROR NERO WATCHED GLADIATORS FIGHT USING AN EMERALD AS A CORRECTIVE EYE LENS. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

Here’s something that’s not a myth: You can often tell what your cat is feeling by its body language. Test your kitty know-how and match each cat’s posture on the right to the correct emotion below. Fill in each box with the correct letter. 🞐 1. RELAXED “It’s a calm, quiet day in the neighborhood.” 🞐 2. ANGRY “Get away—or I’ll make you leave.” 🞐 3. FRIENDLY “Hi, human! You can pet me if you want.” 🞐 4. AFRAID “Come one step closer and I’ll bolt.” 🞐 5. ANXIOUS “Uh-oh. I don’t think I’m going to like this.” 🞐 6. PLAYFUL “Come on, get out my toys!” Answers: 1. A, 2. C, 3. E, 4. B, 5. D, 6. F. PARENTS! Go online for a chance to win this animal…

CANDY CRITTER It took five cotton candy machines and 14 boxes of special sugar to break this sweet record. Designed to look like a rabbit, the world’s largest cotton candy sculpture stretched over eight feet long and weighed 37 pounds. Later, the artists passed out samples of their creation. Free cotton candy treats? We’re all ears. VERY HAIRY PIG It’s easy to confuse this furry swine for a sheep. With its ringlets of blond, black, or red hair, the woolly looking Hungarian breed called Mangalica holds the record for the world’s hairiest domestic pig. That’s something to baa, er, squeal about. LONG SHOT He shoots, he scores! Joshua Walker sunk a ball from 56 feet away to snag the record for the farthest behind-the-back basketball shot. (That’s longer than a school…

COMEBACK CRITTER: Scottish Wildcats Cairngorms National Park, Scotland A nine-month-old Scottish wildcat hears a squeal that sounds like a hare in distress. Dinner! The cat slowly approaches the sound: an audio recording in a food-filled box. But before the captive-born wildcat can snag its meal, the box snaps shut. The animal is learning that it must move faster to catch a meal if it’s going to survive in the wild. These felines disappeared across Great Britain after years of hunting and habitat loss. But last year, scientists raised and released 19 cats, with more on the way. “If we hadn’t started the program, wildcats would likely be gone from the wild,” conservationist Helena Parsons says. Today, hunting these cats is illegal, and they’re doing well in a protected area. Camera traps reveal…

In 1957, humans launched the first artificial satellite into space. Today, nearly 70 years later, experts estimate some 100 trillion pieces of human-made objects are orbiting our planet. Space junk is any human-made object orbiting Earth that serves no purpose. They can range from small flecks of spacecraft paint to school-bus-size nonworking satellites. Those objects are zooming at speeds of about 17,000 miles an hour. A collision between space junk and things like the International Space Station or working satellites can be dangerous. And it’s only getting more crowded. “Think of the area where human-made items are in orbit like a highway with specific lanes for satellites,” says Moriba Jah, Nat Geo Explorer and space environmentalist. “If a car stops working on Earth roads, a tow truck removes it. But…

Two spotted hyena cubs crouch in the tall grasses of Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve when—pounce! Their tiny paws smack their sleeping mom as they playfully nibble her neck. The mama slowly opens her eyes and then gently licks the two cubs clean. The spotted hyena is one of the African savanna’s most fearsome predators. They team up to hunt zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles with bite forces that can crush two-and-a-half-inch-thick bones. And the females are larger, stronger, and more aggressive than the males of the species—they have to be to protect their cubs. But female hyenas are also gentle with their youngsters and care for them longer than any other African predator. That’s part of what makes them supermoms. “Spotted hyena moms are just fabulous,” says Kay Holekamp, a…

Animals often blend in with their environment to hide. Find each animal listed below in the pictures, then write the letter of the correct photo next to each animal’s name. 1. blinded sphinx moth ____ 2. pygmy grasshopper ____ 3. Pacific seahorse ____ 4. mountain hare ____ 5. ghostgoby (a fish) ____ 6. horned anole ____ 7. banded tozeuma shrimp ____ Answers: 1. B, 2. D, 3. E, 4. F, 5. G, 6. A, 7. C.…