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Rottnest Island in Australia, has become a popular destination for people to take selfies. That’s because it’s home to adorable quokkas! The marsupial is related to the wallaby. Quokkas are friendly, so while tourists should not touch them, it’s encouraged to take pictures with them. It raises awareness of the vulnerable species.
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The Perseid meteor showers will hit their peak tomorrow. Earth passes through the comet Swift/Tuttle’s tail, and bits of the comet burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, creating blazing meteors. Because of the full moon, only 15 to 20 shooting stars per hour, will be visible. Most Perseid meteors are tiny, weighing only as much as a paperclip.
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Today is Son’s And Daughter’s Day, which seems a little silly, because everyone is someone’s son or daughter! Any excuse to celebrate is welcome, so try to be the kind of kid that would make your parents proud! Let’s all be nice and helpful, and kind to each other!
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Have you ever wondered why roads look soapy during a big rainstorm? During hot dry weather, the heat can pull oils to the surface. The first big rains of the season can can cause the oils to mix with dust and chemicals from the asphalt. The foam looks like someone is washing the roads!
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The Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain, a mostly-underwater mountain range, had been devastated by overfishing and trawling with nets. Many deep-sea corals were destroyed, and the whole area was put under protection. The federal protection is working; the corals are finally starting to come back, and will hopefully become a thriving ecological habitat again.
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I’ve heard of ancient grains bread, but a gastroegyptologist took things literally. Seamus Blackley used yeast from 4500-year-old Egyptian vessels, to bake bread! Microbiologist Richard Bowman injected a nutrient solution into the ceramic vessels to reactivate the yeast, then extracted the liquid. The resulting bread was like sourdough, but sweeter.
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Today is World Lion Day. The “King of the Jungle” actually inhabits grasslands. A lion’s roar can be heard for 5 miles! They live in groups of about 15, called prides, with a male as the leader. The mane of hair around his neck gets darker with age. Lion populations are shrinking. Let’s save the lions!
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Today is Garage Sale Day. Go early to get the best pick, or late to get the best bargains. Since it’s also Lazy Day, try to get 16 hours of sleep throughout the day, like a lion! When you wake up, make s’mores around a fire. S’mores Day celebrates the chocolate-marshmallow-graham cracker treat!
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A sailor aboard the Sulak, a Russian boat from the Soviet Far East fishing fleet, sent a message in a bottle on June 20, 1969. 50 years later, a man in Alaska found it! The note said, “We wish you good health, many years of life and happy sailing.” Some wishes never get old!
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Everyone in Abriel Arnel’s neighborhood is crabby. She was surprised to find several visitors outside her front door. The Florida woman posted a video of her street, swarming with blue crabs! The land crabs usually live in burrows, coming out during the rainy season when their tunnels flood.
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