FUN FACT! Lions are the only big cats that live in close-knit groups\u2014called prides.<\/p>\n
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A lion cub plays with Mom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Photograph by Suzi Eszterhas \/ Minden Pictures<\/p>\n
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“How I Dig Up Dinos”<\/p>\n
Next, join paleontologist and Nat Geo Explorer Paul Sereno on a journey to dig up dinosaurs as he spends three months working in fossil sites in the Sahara. Along the way, he gets stuck in sand, discovers five skeletons from an unnamed species, and uncovers some Spinosaurus<\/a> jaws!<\/p>\n FUN FACT! Temperatures in the Sahara can top 125\u00b0F. It’s one of the hottest places on the planet.<\/p>\n Scientists think Spinosaurus lived at least partly in water.<\/p>\n Art by Franco Tempesta<\/p>\n Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.<\/p>\n What Do Whale Sounds Mean?<\/p>\n Click … click … click-click-click! Sperm whales make noises with their snouts to communicate. But what do the sounds mean? Scientists working on Project CETI (aka the Cetacean Translation Initiative) are trying to crack the code. Discover the steps they’re taking to solve this mystery.<\/p>\n FUN FACT: Sperm whale clicks are louder than an airplane engine at takeoff.<\/p>\n Sperm whales have five-foot-tall snouts.<\/p>\n Photograph by Brain Skerry<\/p>\n Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.<\/p>\n Explorer HQ: Upside Down<\/p>\n This month, discover all things upside down! Find out how to do a perfect cartwheel, see through a frog from below, write a topsy-turvy Funny Fill-In, and more.<\/p>\n Plus!Weird But True<\/a>!:\u00a0Check out fun facts you can share with your friends.You Wanna Be a What?!:\u00a0Meet navigator and Nat Geo Explorer Lehua Kamalu, who crosses the sea in traditional Polynesian canoes without maps or modern instruments. Instead, she relies on the stars, currents, and wind to cross the open ocean.Hanging With Sloths<\/a>:\u00a0Discover how these creatures navigate life upside down.Which Upside-Down Critter Are You?:\u00a0Answer wacky questions to discover which hangout style matches your own.<\/p>\n Cool Facts About Lions<\/p>\n Lions are amazing animals. Discover some of the cool facts about where they live, their family life and daily habits in this episode of “Things You Wanna Know”!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GROWING UP LION For the lion cubs in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, playtime is serious business. Young…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-583803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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