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Dear Fiona your letters, e-mails and art. We had our own, completely
y month unofficial little prize-giving in the NG KIDS office and here are the
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LETTER OF THE MONTH

This
My birthday is on 4 January.
ExclusivE scrEEning
moviE
of thE nEw Nyasasaurus probably lived up to 15 million

thE crooDs
years before any other dinosaur we’ve found,
MOVIE TICKETS making it the oldest dino yet. That tells us
dinosaurs were around for millions of years
before they became the rulers of the planet. vertebrae,
It also tells us they weren’t that big at first which

my
and had to compete with other kinds of

year I had an exciting time on

experts
reptiles for food and shelter. think might
Scientists thought dinosaurs suddenly The team that found the critter aren’t have helped
appeared and ruled the world. But maybe calling it a proper dino yet, because they it to reach
they didn’t. In December 2012 experts reconstructed it from only one upper arm tasty plants
announced they have reconstructed a beast bone and six vertebrae. that the other
they named Nyasasaurus parringtoni. The herbivores
bones they used to build it were discovered couldn’t get

GeoGraphic Society
in the 1930s in Tanzania and had been in to. It will tell
storage, just waiting to be pieced together. scientists a
This little tough guy was the size of a lot about how dinosaur
Labrador, with a long neck and tail. It liked species developed and changed.
standing on its hind legs, making it up to

family

KidS yellow Border deSiGNS are trademarKS of NatioNal

3 metres tall, and weighed 20
Say hello to an ancient Portuguese

birthday. I celebrated with my

to 60 kilograms.
veggie muncher, the Miragaia longicollum,

It’s amazIng to thInk that more than

named after the village where it was
found and its long neck. It also had bony

700 dInosaurs have been dIscovered so far

plates on its back and a spiked tail.
What makes the find exciting? The

and more are dug up every year. here are

Miragaia is related to the sturdy
Stegosaurus with its short neck. Next time you have to come up with a cool

new specIes
But it had a long name for a dog, try “Dawn Runner”. That’s
the English name of Eodromaeus murphi, a tiny
a few of the . be warned: neck with 17
dino discovered in the foothills of the Andes

some are not very frIendly.

mountains in Argentina. It weighed just over
6 kilograms and was 1,2 metres from snout

Angelica
to tail tip, but could run at 32 kilometres per
by PIETER VAN DER LUGT hour. You could call it the earliest version of
a dog, though it would have made a terrible

NatioNal GeoGraphic KidS aNd yellow Border aNd

and friends. My two friends
pet. It had teeth like steak knives, fingers and
nasty claws. Eodromaeus is 230 million years
old and from the very earliest days of the
dinosaur era, a time about which scientists
SOURCE (IMAGE TO CREDIT)
know very little. That makes the little
SOURCE (IMAGE TO CREDIT)

monster so important.

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and Owls

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a and Coming soon to a
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a, who were riding with him, wall near you!
Clariss
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they tried to climb off, the jet
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after a struggle
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definitely was the best birthd
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Thank you very much for a very
learn
new publisher. Watch out for new contact
nice magazine. I enjoy it and details and more information in future
a lot. I also
like using it magazines. In the meantime, enjoy
for school this issue and don’t forget to
projects. The write and let me know what
picture is of
me and my you did during the holidays.
elder sister
Danielle (left) at
Hartenbos.
Anje Dercksen, 11,
Stellenbosch

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 iNSIDE Find the octopus! We hid ten
octopuses in the magazine.
Awesome Animals Here’s one of them, but
can you spot all ten?

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Animal
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About Bugs
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REGULARS
Pet Friends Forever
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Amazing Animals

24 Dare to Explore 25
Poster: Octopus

42 Fun Stuff 43
Funny Fill-in

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Cardiff, Wales
Eddy the Labrador retriever loves splashing in a creek near his
home. But often the blind dog is unable to find his way back to
the bank. That’s when Milo the mixed terrier steps in, barking
so Eddy can follow his voice. Then the “guide dog” grabs the
Lab’s protective face shield and leads him to land.
Eddy and Milo have been best buds for years. When Eddy lost
his sight, Milo acted as the pooch’s very own guide. Indoors,
Eddy follows Milo’s scent so he won’t bump into furniture. If the Jeremy and
blind pooch wanders off outside, Milo runs to find him and lead Newsom
him home. The terrier even sits protectively on Eddy’s back
while the Lab sleeps.
Eddy and Milo
“Eddy and Milo have a strong bond,” dog behaviourist Mary
Burch says. “Milo cares for Eddy, who pays more attention to
sounds and smells so he can follow his friend.”
Even when they’re playing the pair uses teamwork. “They
love running around together holding the ends of a giant Olinguito
branch in their mouths,” owner Angie Baker-Stedham says.
“Eddy would be lost without Milo.” – Kitson Jazynka

MATTHEW HORWOOD / CATERS NEWS (eddy and milo); Hugh Ryono / Aquarium of the Pacific

12 December 2013 (penguin image); Mark gurney for smithsonian / getty images (olinguito)
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jeremy plays Long Beach, California, in America

on his ipad. Forget about catching fish. Jeremy and Newsom the Magellanic
penguins are more interested in catching mice – on an iPad.
Jeremy and Newsom’s caretakers introduced them to a digital
game to keep the birds entertained at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Designed for cats, the game features mice zipping across the screen.
Players get points for tapping on them before they disappear.
“It challenges them,” penguin keeper Sara Mandel says. Newsom and
Jeremy take turns perched in front of their iPad, pecking at the virtual
rodents with their beaks. Newsom once scored 1 600 points!
Are penguins natural gamers? Maybe. According to Sara these birds
are curious and visual. “In their natural habitat they’d go after shiny
schools of fish. It’s not surprising that they’d enjoy tracking other small
moving creatures.” Sometimes the birds are so eager to play, they’re
not exactly polite. “When it’s his turn, Newsom pushes himself in front of
Jeremy to get to the iPad,” Sara says. “He’s in it to win it.”
– Kitson Jazynka

cute critter discovered! OKAY, Y

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Otonga Nature Reserve, Ecuador

This ball of fuzz has caused quite a buzz. Until recently no one knew the
mammal now called the olinguito (oh-lin-GHEE-toh) existed – though
some had been living in plain sight.
“Locals in parts of South America had seen them in forests and
one even lived in a zoo,” says John Gibbons of the Smithsonian
Institution in America, which announced the animal’s discovery in
August. “We thought they belonged to another species that looks
similar.” Biologist Kristofer Helgen found hints of the
olinguito’s existence about ten years ago while studying bones
in a museum. “He realised it didn’t look like any known creature,”
John says. DNA tests showed the animal was a new species. Olinguitos
“This is the first new carnivore discovered in the Americas Close-up
in 35 years,” biologist Roland Kays says. To spot living olinguitos, Favourite Dish: Figs
Kristofer and other scientists trekked to the foggy mountain for- and possibly insects
ests in Ecuador where the museum bones had been found. They came Bedtime: Sunrise – the
across several olinguitos lounging in trees and chomping on figs. creatures are nocturnal.
Scientists want to study olinguitos closely, since not much is known Known Range: Ecuador
and Colombia
about them. “We do know they’re amazing,” John says. “And they prove Family Connections:
there’s more to uncover in our world.” – Andrea Silen The olinguito is related
to the raccoon.

national Geographic KIDS 13

 W
wiLd
Holiday
By Johnna Rizzo

COOL FACTS
about costa rica

Hotel! Aeroplane
Costa Rican
calico butterflies
are called
“crackers” because
of the crunching
sound they
make.
Hotel Costa Verde 727 Fuselage Suite Traditional
Costa Rican
ice cream comes
WHERE Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica in flavours such as
HOW MUCH R2 500 to R7 000 per night peanut and sour
cream.
WHY IT’S COOL Ever fallen asleep on a plane? Not like this, though! The 727 Fuselage
Suite is a real Boeing 727 jet that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Separate from the main Costa
70-room hotel, the Fuselage Suite includes a cockpit sitting area and real aeroplane Ricans call
windows in the bedroom. From the deck on the plane’s right wing you might see howler themselves
monkeys swinging from trees, toucans, sloths and iguanas. Off the left wing you can “Ticos.”
watch the ocean and walk down a spiral staircase to the beach. This hotel really has
earned its wings. Until recently,
most addresses
in Costa Rica used
landmarks (“60 metres
from the school”)
instead of numbers
or street names.

sleep in here

HANG OUT HERE

Peer into Ride a zip line Take a boat to see Hop over to Monteverde
THINGS the mouth of between the crocodiles, boa Frog Pond to see more
TO DO in
the smoking treetops in constrictors and than 25 species of frogs
crater of Monteverde caymans among and toads. They’re
Costa Rica Poás Volcano. Cloud Forest the mangroves of especially jumpy
Reserve. Damas Island. and noisy at night.
vincent costello (all)

14
 OLESIN
By KATE

Eastern Chipmunk White

This North American rodent stays alert while it fills its cheek Rhinoceros
pouches with everything from seeds and nuts to worms and A rhino’s feelings wouldn’t be
bird eggs. If danger comes along, it calls loudly to warn other hurt if you called it a name.
chipmunks. (Not that you would.) They
have thick skin. It’s about
two centimetres thick and
protects the animal against
thorns and biting flies. You
don’t mess with an animal this
size, either. One of the world’s
biggest babies, rhinos can
weigh 60 kilograms at birth,
gaining two kilograms every
day until they reach about
2 000 kilograms. They’re
hugely adorable!

16 December 2013
 Meerkat
Native to parts of Africa, meerkats are constantly on the
alert for predators such as jackals and falcons. They are
clever animals that share the group’s work, including guard
duty and babysitting. Everything is taken care of by working
as a team. Hakuna matata! No worries!

(chipmunk); © joe & mary ann mcdonald / kimball stock (rhinoceros);

© wildlife gmbh / alamy (red panda); © elena elisseeva / dreamstime

tambacko the jaguar / flickr / getty images (meerkat)

Red Panda
Bamboo, delish! These
“fire foxes,” as they’re
sometimes called, dine on
bamboo like their black-
and-white namesake does.
But unlike giant pandas,
Asia’s red pandas have
cute white whiskers. The
sensitive hairs help the
pandas navigate narrow
spaces, especially at night.

national Geographic KIDS 17

 Harvest Mice
With its tiny puffball
body and its button nose,
the harvest mouse is the
smallest (and cutest) rodent
in Britain. Its prehensile
tail is often longer than
its body and helps the
mouse hold and hang on to
or climb the tallest grass
and twigs. Sometimes
young mice link their tails
together like true BFFs.

GALáPAGOS
Sea Lion
Cool ’do! Sea lion pups
are born with long hair
called lanugo, which helps
them keep warm until
they develop blubber, or
fat. When this pup is a few
months old, it can swim. By
the time it’s two years old,
it will be ready to claim its
reputation as one of the
fastest mammals in the
ocean, zipping through the
water at bursts of up to
40 kilometres per hour.

North American
Porcupine
Baby porcupines may look
cuddly, but they’ll soon
have the ultimate defence
– quills! The soft, bendable
quills that make the
newborn look huggable,
harden in just a few days.
As many as 30 000 sharp,
barbed quills protect this
living pincushion from any
hungry predators.

18 December 2013
 Snow Leopards
Nice fur coat! Snow
leopards live in some of
the coldest parts of Asia,
where they need the
fluffiest, fuzziest fur to
keep warm. These rare cats
have large, fur-covered
paws that work like
snowshoes so they don’t
sink into deep snow. Snow
leopards also beat the chill
by sleeping with their tails
wrapped around them like
a blanket.

Black bear
Bear-y cute! These
cautious creatures
weigh as little as a
hockey ball when
they’re born and purr
as they nurse from
their mother. Once
they’ve stopped
drinking milk, North
America’s black bears
munch on almost
anything – they enjoy
insects, nuts, berries
and grass.

Japanese Macaques
These pink-faced snow monkeys are found only in Japan.
During the freezing winter some groups treat themselves
to a dip in natural hot springs. Others wash their food in
salt water to give it a little extra flavour.

© klein-hurbert / kimball stock (mice, macaques); © brandon cole / kimball stock

(sea lion); © robert winslow / kimball stock (porcupine); © ron kimball / kimball
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 Cottontail Rabbit
These fluffy bunnies from North and South
America get their name from their
adorable cotton ball tails. But it doesn’t
get much cuter than their perky ears,
which constantly move in all directions to
listen for predators. Wild rabbits can take
off like a rocket, hopping at 29 kilometres
per hour in a zigzag pattern. But all you’ll
see, is that cute tail!

Mountain Goats
Cute? No kidding! Mountain goat babies, or kids, live with their mums, called nannies,
in herds of 10 to 20 in parts of North America. Mountain goats grow white beards and
can climb better than most animals. In order to survive, the cuddly kids must climb
the scraggly cliffs they call home a few days after birth.

Gentoo
Penguins
These recently hatched baby birds look ready
to explore their home in the Antarctic area,
but they’ll stay with their mum at the nest for
up to a month. Gentoo penguins build nests
from pebbles and moss. Some gentoos even
bring their partners pebbles as gifts.

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Hang on, buddy! Opossums have

Th ey ’
some cool secret powers, like
expert climbing skills. They’re also
immune to rattlesnake venom.
Opossums have 50 teeth – more
than any other North American
land mammal.

Brown-throated
Three-toed Sloth
Think you get dirty? That’s
nothing compared to these tree
dwellers of Central and South
America. Some sloths even turn
green because of algae growing
on their fur! Sloths are laid-back,
Chimpanzee and sleep up to ten hours a day.
This adorable young chimp looks a little like a human baby (with
much more hair). That’s not surprising, because we share more
than 98 percent of the same DNA, bits of genetic material that
determines our characteristics. Africa’s chimpanzees do many of Florida Manatees
the same things humans do – they live in families where they kiss, These 545-kilogram grey
hug, tickle one another and even laugh when they play! swimmers generally move
slowly and love eating grass –
sea grass, that is! Early
explorers may have mistaken
these North American
creatures for mermaids, but
manatees are actually related
to elephants.

Hanuman langur
This baby monkey looks like
a weird elf now, but soon the
little one will grow long grey
or golden hair. In one city in
India, 2 100 of these revered
wild monkeys are regularly fed
and have buffet privileges at
local gardens and picnics.

Slow Loris
The name “loris” is thought to come
from an old Dutch word for “clown.”
Common Loons But you should take this beady-eyed
Bird on board! When feathery loon chicks hatch, they’re
primate seriously. The slow loris of
almost immediately on the go. Mum carries her little ones
Asia can have a deadly bite. The loris
on her back to protect them from predators. By the time
licks a spot on its shoulder that stores
the young loons of North America grow up, they can dive
venom, which mixes with its spit. One
nearly 75 metres and hold their breath for up to
bite will make you think twice about
eight minutes as they fish.
calling this creature ugly!

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The Truth Behind Your F
By Johnna Rizzo

G
iant pandas can’t
really do martial
arts moves and
spiders don’t
actually fight crime. But
TV and movie characters
such as Po the panda and
Spider-Man have plenty in
common with the animals
they’re based on. Take a
look at this chart to see
how the characters
measure up to their
real-life counterparts.

Character Po (Kung Fu Panda: Perry the Platypus

vs.
vs Animal Legends of Awesomeness) (Phineas and Ferb)
Giant Panda Platypus

Po can pack a lot of food into his mouth. Once he One of Perry’s owners magically swaps
Truth in chomped on 40 sweet buns at once! Real giant bodies with him and starts sweating milk.
Fiction pandas also eat a lot – often between 9 and 18
kilograms of bamboo per day.
In real life, platypus mums ooze milk from
their abdomens to feed their babies.

Scrappy and brave, Po knows how to handle Perry sometimes puts on scuba gear before
danger. His signature move involves bumping taking a swim. A real platypus does spend
enemies with his belly to send them flying. A time in water, but the animal doesn’t need
False real giant panda wouldn’t slam predators, but any fancy diving equipment. Special folds
Moves it might bite. When the panda feels threatened, of skin close tightly over its eyes and ears
it will lower its head and stare at its opponent when it slips underwater. A platypus
as if to say “Stand back”. normally stays under for about a minute.

When his character took a vow of silence, the Perry is based on doodles
Impress Your normally chatty voice actor playing Po had to that co-creator Dan
Friends hold his hand over his mouth so he wouldn’t
talk in the recording studio.
Povenmire drew on a
paper tablecloth.

Pandas have extra long Adult male platypuses

Amaze Your wrist bones that they use have a venomous spike
Parents like thumbs to help them
grab bamboo.
on the back of each hind
foot to fight enemies.

Po after oversleeping: “I Perry to … just about everyone: “NDG,

Crazy was dreaming all night NDG, NDG!” Perry makes this sound –
Quote long that I was awake and
it was exhausting.”
a cross between a purr and a chirp –
instead of talking.
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Watts / Nature Picture Library (platypus); Courtesy of Relativity

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Favourite STARS
Jake (Free Birds) Turbo (Turbo) Spider-Man (The Ultimate
Turkey Snail Spider-Man) Spider

When Jake meets a tough turkey named Turbo’s shell glows blue as he speeds up. Spidey makes a parachute from webbing to
Ranger, they hold a dance-off. Real male The body of a real clusterwink snail can save himself during a free fall. Real spiders
turkeys dance, too. To attract a mate, some flash blue light. Called bioluminescence, also use webbing as chutes. Their silk is
move in a circle and stamp their feet. this action is likely used to scare foes. caught by wind that carry them away.

Jake and his pal Reggie visit a network of To reach the top of a tall sign outside Spider-Man stops villains by shooting webs
underground tunnels where turkeys hide a mall, Turbo and other snails zip line at them. Occasionally he runs out of the
from humans. To keep away from humans, across power cables stretching towards silky stuff. Real arachnids are rarely short
foxes and other threats in real life, wild the sign. A real snail could just crawl on webbing and sometimes they recycle.
turkeys go as far above ground as possible straight up the post to the top. The If threads become damaged, the spider
and roost in trees. If no trees are around, gastropod’s glue-like slime lets it climb might eat them and use the digested
they’ll perch on rooftops or car bonnets. vertical surfaces without falling. webbing to produce new silk.

After completing a scene The scenes at the Indianapolis 500 The actor voicing
the animators would car race included nearly 500 000 Spidey often adds
celebrate by gobbling animated spectators. extra jokes to
like turkeys. the dialogue.

A female turkey’s A garden Parts of some

droppings are spiral- snail can arachnids’ brains
shaped. A male’s look lay 500 are located in
like the letter j. eggs per year. their legs.

Jake to Reggie when they meet for the Turbo’s response after the speedy Spidey to his team of
first time: “I’m Jake, from the TFF – that’s gastropod’s brother Chet calls him a crime fighters after rescuing them:
Turkey Freedom Front. You’ve just been freak of nature: “I know, I know! Isn’t “I’m not called the Ultimate Spider-Man
recruited for a top secret mission.” it great?” for nothing.”
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DreamWorks Animation LLC, All Rights Reserved. (Turbo); © juniors
bildarchiv gmbh / alamy (snail); ABC (spider-man); Auscape / UIG / Getty
Images (spider)
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 DARE to BY C.M. TOMLIN

EXPLORE Geologist and geochemist Kenneth Sims

descends into sizzling volcanoes to investigate
eruptions. He talks to NG KIDS about the
science behind lava-spewing peaks and the
importance of staying cool in heated situations.

“O
nce I was leaning over a ridge on Mount Etna, an
active volcano in Italy, to capture a lava sample. The
lava was about 980 degrees Celsius and it made the
surrounding air scorching hot. When the wind shifted in my
direction, gusts of heat shot out at me. Suddenly I noticed
smoke coming from my protective suit. It was so hot, the The NG KIDS series
suit began smouldering! I quickly left the volcano ridge so it “Dare to Explore” helps
could cool. celebrate the 125th
“My job is to investigate something called radioactive anniversary of the
isotopes. These are unstable atoms found in volcanic rock National Geographic
and lava. Researching them can give us clues about how Society, which was
volcanoes work and help us predict future eruptions. founded in 1888. Grab
Collecting samples to study can be dangerous, but exciting. a parent and go to
I’ve climbed down ropes into volcano mouths, dived to nationalgeographic
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information.
geologist? peak in Antarctica with lava bubbling inside it. Staring into
an active volcano is like standing at the top of a football
STUDY: Geology, maths stadium filled with lava. Some of my experiences have been
and physics scary. But I try to stay unafraid. You do the best you can to
WATCH: The Volcano Watchers, keep safe. It’s important to live life to the fullest.”
a documentary on volcanologists
Maurice and Katia Krafft “Don’t ever let fear of failure get in the way of your
READ: Endurance: Shackleton’s
Incredible Voyage by Alfred goals. There are no defeats, only setbacks.”
Lansing, about explorer
Ernest Shackleton’s 1914
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expedition to a sweltering
KENNETH at a
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SPACE
By Stephanie Warren

Diamond Planet
T
he ground under your space boots is extremely hard and
it sparkles. The surface of the planet you’re on looks like The pulsar
crystal. That’s because it is. This planet is one giant diamond,
five times the size of Earth.
You travelled 4 000 light years (the distance light travels in a
year) to get to planet PSR J1719-1438 b from Earth. But this strange
sight is worth the trip.
You look up into the sky. Instead of a sun or moon you see a
swirling cloud the size of a small city. The cloud is purple and glowing.
At the centre is a pulsar, a type of star that has collapsed. The pulsar
is spinning fast – about 170 times per second. As it spins, it shoots
out deadly cosmic rays and radiation. Luckily you have a special
space suit to protect you. Without it, these rays would instantly
blast your body to bits. Your suit also has to withstand
the intense heat of 2 329 degrees Celsius. It’s so hot here that
the ground glows.
A long time ago the planet you’re standing on was a star.
It was much bigger than it is now. Then it got very close to this
powerful pulsar. Its rays have been blasting the star for millions of
years. Slowly the star’s surface wore away, until 99,9 percent of it
disappeared. Today only the centre of the star is left. That's the
giant diamond you’re standing on. It’s one of the most beautiful –
and strangest – planets ever discovered.

Destination
PSR J1719-1438 b

Location
The constellation Serpens
Distance
4 000 light years from Earth
Travel time If you wanted
108 million years
to make this
Weather diamond into a ring,
2 329 degrees Celsius, with you’d need a chunk
cosmic rays and radiation of gold larger than
Earth for the band.
diamond
in the sky
A year on PSR
J1719-1438 b
lasts just over
two hours.

Eye 6 December: Look 13 December: Look for the Geminids meteor shower. Earth moves
on the for Venus next to the through the centre of a dust trail left by an asteroid. After
mondolithic (both)
Sky crescent moon. midnight you could see 120 shooting stars per hour!

National Geographic KIDS 29

Asteroid
Strike
Asteroid

Earth’s atm
s
space.
are rocks in id hits
ero
When an ast osphere,
meteor. If
it’s called a Earth’s
it reach es
a
5 ways to stop space rocks
headING towardS Eart
surface, it’s
me te or ite.

By Stephanie Warren
An asteroid 16 metres wide screams toward
Earth at 65 000 kilometres per hour. Just
after sunrise on 15 February 2013 a white
streak appears in the sky above Russia as
the rock bursts into the atmosphere. The
meteor explodes with the force of 30
atomic bombs and the shock wave shatters most meteorites are
windows and damages walls in the city of small, like the ones
above that fell to
Chelyabinsk. More than 1 200 people earth on 15 February.
are injured. “Sometimes space
comes to us,” says
Our planet is pummelled by space rocks all scientist Peter Jenni-
skens. By studying
the time. About 45 000 tons of material hit asteroids, we can
learn how the solar
us every day. That’s the equivalent of 3 500 system was created
buses. Most of these space rocks are too and how life on our
planet was formed.
small to do any damage,
but a really big rock could be a huge
problem. Sixty-five million years ago an
asteroid ten kilometres wide wiped out
most life on our planet, including dinosaurs.
It might be millions of years before another
asteroid that size hits us. But chances are it
will happen eventually. To prevent a disaster,
scientists are using powerful telescopes
to search the sky for dangerous space
rocks. They have made plans if one heads for a
collision with Earth. Here are five of them:
a meteor streaks through the sky
over Chelyabinsk. its shock wave
damaged many buildings.

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1
Tow it

e!
Shove it
The easiest way to stop an
asteroid may be to ram it
with a spacecraft. If you do
it early enough, a galactic
bumper bender would be
enough to change the
asteroid’s orbit and speed.
“Change its speed by just A spacecraft
that of a crawling baby and approaches
an asteroid.
in 20 years it will pass Earth
instead of hitting us,” says
David Morrison, who studies
asteroid impacts at the Then again, you don’t even have to touch an asteroid
SETI Institute, a scientific to change its path. If you fly right next to it in a
organisation looking for spacecraft, its gravity will pull on the asteroid just
other life in the universe. enough to change its speed. “If you can avoid touching

th it, that’s best,” says SETI space rock expert Peter

Jenniskens. “Some of these things are surprisingly
fragile.” Even a light bump could blow one apart and
create smaller but equally dangerous asteroids.

PAINT IT
It might sound silly
3
to decorate a deadly object,
but some scientists think
it’s the best idea. White
reflects sunlight – that’s
why a white T-shirt keeps
you cooler than a black
one on a hot day. Painting
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part of an asteroid white

(meteor contrail); reuters / yevgeni yemeldinov (building); courtesy of nasa (tow it)

would cause the sun’s rays

to bounce off the surface,
giving the asteroid a slight
push. You’d have to start
centuries in advance, but
this could be enough to save
the planet from a collision.

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BLAST IT
The “Laser Bees” project
5
calls for small spacecraft to
Controlled
by hovering
spacecraft,
robots chew up
an asteroid.

Hungry robots are the key to this plan. After landing on the side of the asteroid, they’d
swarm around the asteroid.
start chewing on the rocky surface. Then they’d blow the rubble into space. The force
Each spacecraft would focus
of all the blowing would propel the asteroid forward and off its collision course.
a laser beam on a carefully
chosen spot on the asteroid’s
surface. The lasers would
vaporise the rock into
hot gas plumes that act
like rockets, changing the
asteroid’s speed and path.

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Fruit flies have
travelled with An
ant-eating
astronauts A hungry
assassin bug
into space. glowworm
A ladybird can eat glows piles its
more than 5 000 brighter victims on
than a to its body to
insects in its full one. scare
lifetime. predators.

5 6 7
Red pigment
5 Grasshoppers have special
Alcon blue
caterpillars
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are raised by
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scale for jumping.
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postman The oldest known
butterfly 13
leaf insect fossil is
develops 47 million years old.
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eating 12 the spittlebug
toxic Male giraffe covers itself
plants. weevils use in a frothy,
spit-like liquid.
their long necks
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underwater, the
Mosquitoes are attracted
to smelly feet.
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water scorpion
built-in
stone flies
uses a tube like fighting do PRESS-ups
a snorkel on gear! to attract
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The male eastern Lundy cabbage
dobsonfly’s jaws beetles
are about 3 times are only found on
the length of its
head. an island 2,4-kilome-
tres long
off the English coast.
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can smell
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usually
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a day of to rest at night. A swarm of locusts
developing covering about
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into an adult. 22
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Large groups of fireflies Certain termites bang
sometimes blink in unison. their heads against nest walls moved over the Red

BUGS
to warn others of danger. Sea in 1889.

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24 25
Cartographers used
A single to ride hot-air bal- Giant
honeybee colony
can produce around 26 The world's lon-
loons to view and darner
90
kilograms
gest insect, Chan’s
megastick,
dragonflies
map land.
sometimes
prey on
A sea skater’s can grow to
leg hair traps air, of honey 60 centimetres and small frogs.
buoying the bug so it each looks like a
can float on water. year. bamboo shoot.

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One type of midge can beat its
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Egyptian
MYTHS
Usir: God of the Afterlife
BY DONNA JO NAPOLI Illustrations by christina balit

tHE tale BEGINS…

The god Usir was killed by his envious brother, who trapped him in a small wooden box and left him drifting
in the Nile River. Many moons later, Usir’s devastated wife, Aset, found his lifeless body and unleashed a
magical wail that made him come alive again. Their time together was short. Usir wasn’t meant to be on
Earth. Instead, he journeyed to the underworld to rule over the dead. Here is his story.

G
reen as a papyrus, Usir woke year and when the waters retreated, they his coffin still, yet he knew Aset was close.
at dawn. He kissed his sleeping would leave behind silt that enriched the She carried him home. She would right this
wife goodbye and walked into soil. The land would revive just as he did. most grievous wrong.
the waters of the Nile River, still Good would come of his death: an abundant Usir hadn’t realised that his brother
uncomprehending, aware only that this was harvest each year. Set despised him until the moment before
supposed to happen. He had to leave his Usir swam with the Nile fish and it felt the lid fell, when he saw Set’s face twisted
land, his wife and his life. natural, as though water was home. The with envy, jealousy, greed.
The god could do nothing to salve past sheath that covered him was skin, not Now Usir’s fresh green skin sloughed
wounds but he would honour the enduring scales, but it was green and hope-studded. away in the waters – a poignant kiss
grief. He would make the river flood every The world rolled with the current. goodbye. He grew black skin, dark as what
In a blink, dark memories emerged: he lay beneath the earth. He swam to the
was alive in that beautifully carved box, in underworld Duat, where his nephew Inpu
black that held only the clean smell of oversaw the dead. But Inpu yielded his
cedar. As he pushed and shouted supremacy there to Usir, a gesture of loyalty
and struggled against the lid, and love that touched Usir’s heart. Usir
the mild odour was overpow- vowed to rule with mercy, for no one knew
aset and usir ered by the acrid smell better than Usir how awful would be a world
of his sour breath, the without mercy.
stench of mortal
fear. T there was
little air in this
tomb. His mouth
and skin and
then insides
dried. He was
cold. Life-
less. Then
everything
changed. He
was dead
still, sealed in

The god set plots

against usir.
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mink
A truck driver saves
three helpless orphans.
Re
T
By scott elder
he mother mink cautiously be hit by by another car or become
emerges from the family an easy meal for predators. “I like
burrow, followed closely by her animals,” he says. “I didn’t want to
three young offspring. Called kits, leave them, so I took them with me.”
they’re old enough to accompany
her on a hunting trip for small prey such as HEADING TO SAFETY
mice and frogs. The darkly furred and Rick slides on heavy gloves and puts the
slender minks are related to ferrets. helpless kits in his backpack, where they
They swiftly scamper and weave their instantly quiet down. As soon as he arrives
way through the woods in Massachusetts, home he visits his neighbour,
America, that they know so well. When they Gina Purtell, for help. She’s head of a
come to a busy road, the mother crosses local wildlife sanctuary. Gina
first. Tragically, a passing car hits the mink, creates a mink habitat by filling
killing her instantly. Lost and scared, the a dog carrier with shredded Minks are
orphaned kits instinctively huddle around newspaper and turns a great swimmers –
their mother’s body in the road. They cardboard box into a makeshift their torpedo-shaped
screech loudly. burrow. “The mink kits were bodies and partially
Fortunately for the helpless minks, one terrified,” she says. “And though webbed feet help
of the next vehicles coming down the road they’re very cute, they really them swim fast.
is a large truck driven by big-hearted reek – like a cross between a cat
Rick Crane. “I saw something brown in the and a skunk.” The next morning she Lynn Millman must
road, so I stopped,” he says. “The babies drives the seven-week-old orphans to confirm that they have
were screaming. They sounded almost hu- a wildlife centre nearby, where they get a sharp survival instincts. The kits
man.” Rick is sure the little minks will soon thorough checkup. stalk animals that come near them
“They were covered with ticks and and bite the dead mice on the head
fleas and had stomach worms,” says first – their natural technique. “Those
Deborah Millman, director of the centre. were very good signs that they knew
“But otherwise they were pretty healthy.” how to use their tools,” Lynn says.
After treating the parasites, the staff After three months, the
moves the 200-gram minks to a large, age when wild minks leave their
empty aquarium with soft bedding, mothers, the orphans are old
branches to climb and boxes to hide in. and big enough to be released
“The trick is to handle them as little into the wild. The trio is taken
as possible, so they maintain their wild in a pet carrier to a canal where
nature,” Deborah says. “We didn’t want them there is a thriving colony of minks.
to get too accustomed to people.” Close to the rocky shore the
rehabilitators open the carrier. “It took
KEEPING MINKS WILD a few minutes, but eventually the first
To make sure the minks – one male, two one came out. As soon as his little feet
females – recognise food they’ll find in the hit the grass, he ran towards the rocks
wild, the staff adds dead mice to pellets and the other two followed,” Lynn says.
meant for pet ferrets. That doesn’t mean “They were looking at us, but then they
they’ll catch live mice in the wild. Once settled in and concealed themselves so
they’ve been moved outside to a large, we couldn’t see them anymore. It was a real
fenced enclosure, wildlife rehabilitator success story.”
tiny baby
40 cindy hopf (baby mink); © stephen dalton /
minden pictures / corbis (big picture)
escue Like smelly
skunks, minks have
scent glands that
release a powerful
odour for self-defence
and marking their
territory.

Minks rarely finally free

dig their own
burrows. They
use abandoned
ones dug by
other animals.

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 Maths Party
1. Count how many of eac
h are in
this fes tive pic ture:
dinner
People, pets, chairs at the
table and green sweaters.
this sum:
2. Use the numbers to do
JAMES YAMASAKI

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green sweaters
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42 December 2013
 Funny
FILL-IeN
ntistry
Dangerous D
BY RUTH MUSGRAVE
Ask a friend to give
you words to fill in the
blanks in this story
without showing it to
him or her. Then read
out loud for a laugh.

I visited my grandmother in for my break. We decided to take a day

exotic location holiday

trip to a(n) swamp. Our skimmed across the water. Mosquitoes

adjective type of transportation

as big as zoomed by. Suddenly, a(n) alligator popped out of the

noun, plural adjective

water! I thought he was going to me. Instead he sobbed and pointed to his mouth
verb

with his . Fortunately I’ve seen every episode of Whisperer, so I knew

body part animal

his tooth hurt. But when I got close with my -flavoured dental floss, he
ice-cream flavour past-tense verb

his mouth. Just then, my grandmother slipped on some , shrieked like a(n)
something gross, plural

and fell into the . The alligator laughed so hard, his mouth opened
mythical creature liquid

wider than a(n) . That was my chance! I lassoed the tooth. It popped out and the
noun

alligator through the water. That’s how I discovered my grandmother swims

past-tense verb

faster than a(n)

sea creature
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These photographs show close-up
views of internationally inspired
foods. Unscramble the letters to
identify what’s in each picture.
Bonus: Use the highlighted letters
to solve the puzzle below.
answers on page 50

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