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A backyard barbecue in Tennessee ended abruptly, after an uninvited guest showed up. A black bear crashed the party, and devoured all the food. After lifting the grill’s lid and eating 10 burgers, the bear washed everything down with a Diet Coke. The bold bear is probably trying to fatten up, before it hibernates.
What’s your favorite fun fall activity? There are pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses, and apple orchards to visit. You can hike through crunchy leaves, and collect a specimen of every shape and color. Rake a big pile of leaves, and leap in! Enjoy the brisk weather, with hot apple cider. Cheers to Autumn!
If you order something from Amazon, it might not come in a box. The company is trying to cut down on packaging waste, with a new weather-resistant paper. Instead of putting items in a box with lots of unused space, the items are wrapped in sturdy paper, and sealed with heat instead of tape.
Today is Insect Repellent Awareness Day, and just in time for summer! There are lots of sprays that help keep mosquitoes away, as well as natural oils like citronella and lemongrass. Lavender can help keep fleas and ticks at bay. Marigolds are a beautiful insect deterrent. Waving mosquitoes towards someone else actually works best!
Today is Clean Up Your Room Day. There’s nothing like walking into a nice clean room, without tripping over anything! If your room is extremely messy, you could be cleaning all night. It’s a good thing it’s also, Stay Up All Night Night! It’s too bad that holiday is on a school night!
Turtles that live in ponds, hibernate underwater. But they have lungs, so how can they breathe when the pond freezes? They get oxygen from the water, as it passes over the body parts with the most blood vessels, like its butt! This is called cloacal respiration, but it’s more fun to call it butt breathing.
Don’t worry if you missed the Taurid meteor showers, because the Leonids are coming! The Leonid meteor shower will peak Thursday night, into Friday morning. The best way to watch meteors, is to bundle up for warmth, keep your phone off, let your eyes adjust to the darkness, then lie back and wait.
As you get dressed today, wear your favorite sports jersey. It’s Jersey Friday! Today is also Fountain Pen Day. It might be less convenient, but an old-fashioned fountain pen, with a refillable ink reservoir, makes your writing look elegant. Try using a calligraphy fountain pen for an even fancier style!
Tonight may be a good night to see some meteors! The Draconid meteor shower should be visible in the early evening, and is caused by debris from the 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Comet. The Comet 2P/Encke is responsible for the South Taurid meteor shower. Debris burns up in the atmosphere, creating fireballs that streak across the sky.
The kākāpō, or owl parrot, is a large nocturnal, flightless, ground-dwelling bird, that lives in New Zealand. Only 216 adult parrots are alive today. They only breed every 2-4 years, when the rimu trees produce lots of fruit for the new babies to eat. The good news is, 55 kākāpō chicks grew up this season.