Appleseeds articles from October 2007

Appleseeds archives from October 2007

Welcome: animals and us: an interview with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This month, we are looking at the many ways human beings learn from other kinds of animals. Our consulting editor, Dr. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (above with friend, William), has written several books about animals...

Jane meets David Greybeard: Jane Goodall and the chimpanzees of Gombe.(Biography)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Even as a child, Jane Goodall was fascinated by animals. Once, 4-year-old Jane disappeared for five hours from her home in London, England. After searching all over, her mother called the police. Where was Jane? She...

What Casper taught me.
October 1, 2007... You've got a puppy, and you're all set to teach it to come, sit, stay, and not chew up your shoes. That's great--but don't stop there. Have you ever thought that you can learn something from your dog? Donald Schrock knows this very well....

The artist's eye: long before human beings could read and write, they studied the world around them. They watched the sky and the sea for signs of changing weather.(Reading the Book of Nature)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They looked to the earth to learn where to find water to drink, food to eat, and trees to build with. Early people studied animals carefully, too. Some people worshiped certain animals as gods. Sometimes...

Watch that pet!
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Don Schrock learned a lot by watching his dog Casper (see page 8). Do you know an animal you'd like to learn more about--a friend's pet or your own? Here are some ways to do it. KEEP A PET WATCH JOURNAL *...

An eye for ants.(Biography)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most people have a hug period. I never grew out of mine.--E.O. Wilson Dr. Edward O. Wilson, scientist and teacher, has spent his life peeking into the nests of ants. He's curious about the job of each ant in the...

An ant experiment to try.
October 1, 2007... Worker ants must build, feed, and guard their colony. To do this, they need to communicate with each other. Like most living things, ants depend on chemical odors (known as pheromones) to send messages, such as, "I found food over here... this...

Amazing ants facts.
October 1, 2007... There are almost 10,000 known species of ants and many more remaining to be discovered. At any one time, 10 million billion (that's 10,000,000,000,000,000 ants are alive. (The world's population of humans is only about 6.6 billion!) Some...

Dinosaurs among us.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you seen any dinosaurs today? Bet you have--right outside your window! You might even have a dinosaur feeder in your backyard. At Thanksgiving, perhaps you ate roast dinosaur. Maybe a friend even has a pet...

Read my face.(Fun Stuff)
October 1, 2007... How well do you know your cat's facial expression? Let's see how good you are at matching the mood of the cat to the faces and descriptions shown below. Moods: * Content * Angry * Curious * Ambivalent * Fearful *...

Finding their way.
October 1, 2007... Today people find their way far into outer space and deep down to the ocean floor. We use complex electronic instruments to figure out distance and direction. Animals don't use compasses or read maps. But some of them use pretty amazing skills...

Great migrations.(Where in the World?)
October 1, 2007... Animals travel for lots of different reasons--to find food, warmth, or a safe place for their young. Here are three trips by land, sea, and air. A caribou migrates by walking [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. A caribou calf is born in...

You can change the world!(Your Turn)
October 1, 2007... That's what Jane Goodall says. The Jane Goodall Institute started a program called Roots & Shoots. In the United States and 30 other countries, young people like you work together to show their care and concern for the environment, for animals,...

Walkabout.(Fun Stuff)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cross the grid from top to bottom by following this sequence of animal images: bird, turtle, human, snake, and kangaroo. Repeat the sequence as many times as necessary to reach the bottom, ending on a turtle. You can...

Mailbag.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2007... Dear AppleSeeds, I think snakes are great pets. I have five. My corn snake, Pinky, eats a mouse once a week. The mouse is usually about four times as big as Pinky's head. If you have a pet snake, make sure you give it a hiding place in its...

Red Tailed Hawk Meal Time.(Poem)
October 1, 2007... Red Tailed Hawk Meal Time Circling, circling looking for prey, Target sighted, Dive, down, down, Open wings swoosh!! air pushing against feathers Turn right! NOW! Tseeerrrr!! ...

When animals help us.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many people all around the world devote their lives to helping animals. But there are also special animals that spend their lives helping humans. And some of them help in unusual ways! Dogs are sometimes called...

Gross facts.
October 1, 2007... A giraffe's tongue is 18 inches long and prehensile, meaning that it can be used like a hand to strip leaves from thorny trees. The tongue is bluishblack in color to keep it from getting sunburned while a giraffe eats. Giraffes can actually use...

Did you know?
October 1, 2007... In the United States, more than half of all households have a pet. Americans own 90 MILLION CATS and 73 MILLION DOGS, and we spend more than 38 BILLION DOLLARS on our pets every year. That's a lot of catnip and squeaky toys!

Cross-frame puzzle.
October 1, 2007... ACROSS 1. Jane Goodall discovered that chimps make--. 2. There is only queen--in a colony. 3. Two out of three of them get space sick. 4. Ants use odors to send--. 5. "Sun Catcher" is a legend of this tribe. 6. --use...

Match up!
October 1, 2007... We often think of animals as having certain traits, Can you match the animal with the phrase that describes it? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As sly as a-- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As strong as an-- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...