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Barrel jellyfish are huge, and a massive one was just spotted off the coast of Cornwall England. Biologist Lizzie Daly was diving near Falmouth, and came upon a jellyfish that was bigger than her! There was no need to be scared, because barrel jellyfish cannot sting through human skin, although they could cause a rash!
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Today is World Snake Day. Have you ever touched a snake’s smooth scaly skin? The longest snake species is the reticulated python, and Medusa is the longest snake, at 25 feet long. Dozens of people could touch her at once! The longest threadsnake was only 4 inches long, and the width of a spaghetti noodle.
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Today is Fresh Spinach Day! Eat a spinach salad, or roll the leaves up and eat them like a carrot. It’s also Guinea Pig Appreciation Day. Give your furry pet lots of love, but only feed them spinach once a week. Guinea pigs are rodents, with individual personalities. They’re great pets, but need lots of space!
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You might be excited to stay at a motel with a pool, while traveling this summer. But be sure to do a quick check before you jump in. A Super 8 motel in Florida, had an alligator hanging out at the pool! Since he was an uninvited guest, he was moved to a nearby lake.
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July 16th will mark 50 years, since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins blasted off. The Apollo 11 Mission was the first time humans stepped foot on the moon. Celebrations will be taking place all week. At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, you can watch original footage of the launch, right where it happened!
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Wild bees pollinate 80% of all the crops on Earth, but diseases and harmful pesticides are killing off bee colonies. California will soon protect 4 bumble bee species, under the Endangered Species Act. Protecting bees from extinction will also prevent the plants we eat, from disappearing. Growing clover and dandelions instead of grass, can actually help!
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Today is Give Something Away Day. Maybe it’s a toy you don’t use anymore, or some shoes you outgrew, but someone out there is sure find a use for it! It’s also Gummy Worm Day, and Tapioca Pudding Day. Put the worms in pudding, then give some servings of your yummy gummy dessert away!
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A man in Florida looked out his porch window, to see hundreds of crabs climbing on the screens. The heavy rains had caused the land crabs to seek higher ground, when their burrows flooded. Dan Skowronski says it happens about once a year, and they’re more scared of him, than he is of them.
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If you watch Stranger Things, or play Dungeons and Dragons, you probably know what a Demogorgon is. The monster with a flower-shaped head, is now a lawn sprinkler as well! You can buy a giant inflatable demogorgon to cool you off! At 6.5 feet tall, you’ll have the biggest, baddest, coolest sprinkler in town!
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Some scuba divers were diving off the coast of Australia, when a large manta ray named Freckles, kept swimming up to them and turning over. They realized she had fish hooks stuck below her eye, and was asking for help! Freckles hovered in front of Jake, the diving guide, while he removed the hooks.
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