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Wild animals face real-life challenges—and they need your help! Find out how you can take action and help save these amazing endangered creatures.
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Get the wildest, craziest, and coolest facts about animals in this show!
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Try this sweet science experiment from the Nat Geo Kids book Try This!: 50 Fun Experiments for the Mad Scientist in You.
byMATTHEW RAKOLA Find out how different pieces of candy react when placed in the same
Pufferfish can inflate into a ball shape to evade predators. Also known as blowfish, these clumsy swimmers fill their elastic stomachs with huge amounts of water (and sometimes air) and blow themselves up to several times their normal size. Some species also have spines on their skin to ward off predators. Even if a predator gobbles up a puffer before it inflates, it won’t enjoy the snack. Most pufferfish contain a toxic substance that makes them foul tasting and potentially deadly to other fish. The toxin is deadly to humans. There is enough poison in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote. In Japan, they are called fugu and are a very expensive, delicious treat. They are prepared only by trained, licensed fugu chefs. Most puffers are found in tropical and subtropical ocean waters, but some species live in brackish and even fresh water. Some species of pufferfish are considered vulnerable due to pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing, but most populations are considered stable.
populations are considered stable. 6:23 A Puffed Up … Porcupine In this episode of What Sam
It’s a quiet, warm summer evening with no human in sight for miles in the woods. As the sun sets, tiny flashes of light start to flicker throughout the trees. At first there’s just a few, but soon hundreds of blinking lights are floating in the forest. Fireflies have come out for the evening.
That’s different from other light-producing insects of the same family, called glowworms
Check out dog model Bob Barker’s favorite costumes and a video of his photo shoot.
No two have the exact same stripes.
Bob really is a one-of-a-kind dog.
Snapping shots of fireworks can be challenging, but it’s not impossible!
Focus on an area of sky where the fireworks will be, or on an object the same distance
Giraffes grow about 4 feet (1.2 meters) in their first year of life. A newborn giraffe is about 6 feet (1.9 meters) tall at birth and weighs about 150 pounds (68 kilograms). Many young giraffes, called calves, die from lion attacks during their first year of life. Once a giraffe reaches adulthood its height is often enough to protect it from lions. Adult giraffes, however, must still be careful of lions when they are bending down to drink water or rest. Usually giraffes will drink or rest in shifts so that at least one giraffe is always on the lookout for approaching predators. The giraffes‘ height and excellent vision give them a wide view of the grasslands where they live, making it easy to spot predators from a distance. Some scientists believe that other animals—such as zebras, antelope, and wildebeests—often congregate near giraffes to take advantage of their ability to see danger from a distance. The giraffe could be considered the early warning system of the African grasslands.
Watch as Sam tries to satisfy the bottomless stomachs of a few giant but gentle giraffes
Technically, yes. Here’s how it could work—and how long you might have to wait.
Instead of circling the same old neighborhood, you could walk the streets of Shanghai
Egyptologist Chris Naunton unwraps some secrets about what it’s like to study ancient Egypt.
Knowing that we’re basically the same as the Egyptians—or any other ancient peopleâ
