Three happy, true stories for today. Read them together with a grown-up!
🦕 Dinosaurs
A Dinosaur Was Hiding in a Drawer!
More than 100 years ago, a fossil hunter found some old bones on the Isle of Wight, a little island in England. The bones went to a big museum in London. Then they sat in a drawer for about 100 years! Now scientists looked at them with special scanners. Surprise! It is a brand-new kind of dinosaur, named Invictibellatrix amberina. It walked on two legs, was about as tall as a grown-up, and probably had feathers. It lived about 120 million years ago.
🤩 Wow fact: It is the first dinosaur from its family, the megaraptors, ever found in Europe.
💠Think about it: What old treasure do you think might be hiding in a drawer at your house?
For grown-ups: sources: EarthSky · FOX 13
🌊 Ocean
57 New Sea Animals Found Deep Under the Sea
Far off the coast of Argentina, there is a giant underwater canyon. It goes down more than 3,500 meters. That is about twice as deep as the Grand Canyon! Scientists sent a robot submarine to explore it, and millions of people watched live. Now experts have studied what it found: 57 new kinds of sea animals! There are sea cucumbers, feather stars, corals and tiny swimmers called copepods. One sea cucumber has little horns, so the scientists nicknamed it Loki.
🤩 Wow fact: Experts worked out that these 57 animals were new in just two weeks of studying them!
💠Think about it: If you found a brand-new sea animal, what would you name it?
For grown-ups: sources: Mongabay · BBC Wildlife (Discover Wildlife)
🦓 Animals
Hello, Astra! A Baby Zebra Is Born
At the Oklahoma City Zoo, a baby zebra was born on October 19. She is a girl, and her name is Astra. Astra means star in the Greek language. The zoo likes to give its zebras space names! Her mom is named Calypso, her dad is named Mars, and her big brother is named Atlas. Astra weighed about 82 pounds when she was born. Now she stays close to her mom and her brother in the zebra home at the zoo.
🤩 Wow fact: No two zebras have exactly the same stripes. Every zebra is one of a kind, just like you!
💠Think about it: If you could name a baby zebra, what space name would you pick?
For grown-ups: sources: News 9 Oklahoma City · FOX 25 Oklahoma City
