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Chameleons change their skin color to match their surroundings. Scientists recently discovered even their bones get into the act! Bones glow under fluorescent light, but chameleons’ bones fluoresce through their skin. The bones display patterns, especially on the head and face. It may let chameleons communicate without breaking cover and attracting predators.
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Today we celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day. A. A. Milne started writing books about the lovable bear, Piglet, Tigger, and Pooh’s other friends in 1926, illustrated by E. H. Shepard. They were inspired by a black bear at the London Zoo named Winnie who Christopher Robin, the author’s son, loved to visit.
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Last night near Detroit Michigan, a meteor lit up the sky. The meteor was seen and heard in 6 states and parts of Canada. Video of the brilliant fireball was captured by many home security systems and dashcams. The bolide exploded in the atmosphere, causing a loud boom and a magnitude 2.0 seismic wave!
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The black-footed cat is one of the smallest wild cats in the world, but it’s making news in the BBC documentary, “Big Cats”. Found in Southern Africa, it can roam 20 miles a night searching for prey. Its 60% hunting success rate makes it the world’s deadliest cat! It only kills humans with cuteness!
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400 pre-school students in Turkey set a beautiful world record. They created a marbled fabric painting 164 feet long. Marbling is done by floating an image on the surface a liquid and transferring it to fabric or paper. Try mixing food coloring in oil and swirl it into water, then marble your own paper!
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No celebrating for you today kids! It’s National Buttered Rum Day and National Bootlegger’s Day. The term “bootlegger” was first used around 1880 when traders concealed liquor flasks in their boot tops. During Prohibition, when all alcohol was outlawed, bootleggers were the smugglers who imported alcohol or distillers who made their own illegally.
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Speaking of boots, a giant boot mysteriously reappeared outside the L L Bean store in Maine! Decades ago, the 16-foot tall duck boot was stolen. The company’s famous return policy paid off: they accept returns any time, any condition, no questions asked! The size 120,000 pair of boots was joyfully reunited.
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A curious passenger flying home to New Zealand noticed a mass floating in the ocean and sent photos to scientists. They identified it as a huge raft of pumice spewed out of the Havre Seamount. When volcanoes erupt underwater, they often go unnoticed. This massive eruption happened in 2012 and everyone missed it!
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Sneezes are powerful, moving at up to 10 miles per hour. A man trying to stifle a sneeze clamped his mouth and nose shut, causing pressure to build up 38 times greater than normal. It was like punching himself in the throat and it ruptured his pharynx! If you have to sneeze, just let it out!
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Intense explosions of light lasting only seconds or minutes in space are called gamma ray bursts. They are so bright that they can be seen with the naked eye, but we don’t know what causes them. Scientists used the incredibly powerful Gemini laser to mimic a mini gamma ray burst in the lab!
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