Monday Fun Fact Sept 26

The Wood Wide Web

 

image from ResearchGate

Adult trees can use their root systems to share their sugar resources with younger trees to help them grow.

They also use the root system to warn other trees of invaders.

Check out this video from The Kid Should See This:

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-wood-wide-web-how-trees-secretly-talk-to-and-share-with-each-other

 

Monday Fun Fact Sept 19

 

World's Loudest Bird

image from The Hindu

image from Birds of the World

The White Bellbird has been named the "Loudest Bird Ever Recorded" as of 2019 study.  The sound can reach 125 decibels!

The bird can be found in the mountain forests of the north-eastern area of the Amazon and Venezuela.

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/white-bellbird-loudest-bird

Monday Fun Fact Sept 12

 Queen Elizabeth II

image from Town & Country Magazine

The United Kingdom crowned Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1953. She was 25 years old. Her father, King George VI, had passed away, and she was his oldest child; therefore, she inherited the crown.

 

image from Parade

Elizabeth died on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96.  She was the longest reigning monarch that the United Kingdom ever had.

Her first born son, Charles, is now King Charles III of England.  After 70 years of singing the anthem "God Save The Queen", the British people will now sing "God Save The King".

image from  Forbes

image from Mint

Monday Fun Fact Sept 5

 Cheetah Facts

image from Encyclopedia Brittanica

Cheetahs can run very fast!

Cheetahs cannot roar, they meow :)

Click here to watch the noises that cheetahs can make:

Cheetah sounds