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Meet Bob, the American flamingo in the middle of this photo. Nine years ago, Bob flew into a hotel window in Curaçao, an island in the Caribbean. Luckily, he was rescued by my cousin Odette Doest, a veterinarian and wild-life rehabilitator there. Because of his injuries and previous illnesses, Bob could no longer survive on his own in the wild, so Odette built this saltwater pool and a birdhouse for him at the rehabilitation center she runs. Today, other rescued flamingos come to this center to recover from their injuries alongside Bob. Because Bob has been here so long, he’s very comfortable at the center—this makes the other flamingos more relaxed, too. With Bob’s help, more flamingos can heal and return to the wild. I love that this photo shows…
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BEAT THE HEAT: COOLING WIND TOWERS When the temperature rises, people turn on their air conditioners to cool off. But the electricity that powers AC units often comes from burning planet-heating fuel like coal and oil. So the more frequently people use air-conditioning, the hotter Earth becomes. That’s bad news for the people and animals that can’t escape the heat. Enter a super cool blast from the past! In the ancient Middle East, people built wind towers atop buildings. These chimneylike structures would “catch” cool breezes high up and funnel them downward into the home, lowering the indoor air temperature by as much as 20°F—no electricity required! Today, some architects are adding similar cooling towers to modern buildings, like the visitor center at Zion National Park in southwest Utah. HOW…
Using solid black or white backgrounds to create unique portraits, the Photo Ark makes each animal equal, so that a mouse appears just as large and important as an elephant. This also allows people to look into the eyes of each animal and see that it’s worthy of protection. Fox sisters Addie and Tallulah were just two and a half months old when I visited them. Fennec foxes are the smallest species of fox in the world, but I was still surprised by how tiny they were. Adult fennec foxes can weigh less than a pineapple! Once inside my tabletop shooting tent, the young kits made chirping sounds, sort of like birds. Perhaps they were a bit nervous—but in this case, that’s a good thing. The foxes’ caretakers want them…
1 Wearing blue-tinted sunglasses might make you less hungry. 2 It can take about 20 seconds for a chameleon to change color. 3 Oscar the Grouch was originally orange. 4 More than six billion green Monopoly houses have been manufactured since 1935. 5 In parts of England, having a black sheep in a flock was considered lucky. 6 Brown is the most common human eye color. 7 Darker-colored frozen pops usually melt faster than lighter ones. 8 In ancient China, only emperors could wear yellow.…
natgeokids.com Dizzy Apes Tropical forests in Central Africa and Southeast Asia Spinning in circles until you feel wobbly can be fun. Turns out, apes think so, too! A team of scientists at England’s University of Birmingham studied dozens of videos of wild and captive gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans twirling. They recorded the spins per minute, the speed of the rotations, and how often the animals repeated the behavior. They even observed two young mountain gorillas taking turns spinning on a hanging vine—until the vine crashed down! The scientists concluded that, like humans, these animals spin because they enjoy feeling dizzy—plus, they like the thrilling experience of seeing the world from a new, woozy perspective. “It’s striking to see great apes playing and having fun in ways similar to ourselves,”…
