Hurricane chaos and the wild dogs that sneeze to vote!
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2017
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This week, we answer all your questions about the hurricane chaos that's happening! Jo Camp is a senior scientist at the Met Office and she chats to Dan all about hurricanes, tornadoes and why there are so many going on at the moment.
Plus, learn that the wild dogs that sneeze to vote about important dog issues, venture off to Mars with the Space Cadets, and in Dangerous Dan we're buzzing about a giant hornet the size of your Dad's thumb!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:11.5 | Hello there. Welcome to the Fun Kids Science Weekly. I hope you are marvellous. My name's Dan. This is the show where we answer the most amazing, weird and bonkers questions that the universe throws out there sometimes. |
| 0:24.9 | Today, we're learning why some of your favourite food goes a bit rank and gross when you leave it in the fridge too long. |
| 0:32.0 | Also, expert Tom will be in the building, sat in the Fun Kids Studio, answering one of the science questions |
| 0:38.3 | that you have sent over to my page at FunKidsLive.com. |
| 0:42.7 | We've got a gigantic insect fact file in today's Dangerous Dan. |
| 0:46.6 | We'll also chat to someone from the Met Office in a little bit about why there are so many hurricanes all over the world at the moment. |
| 0:52.3 | First, we are taking a trip to some rainforests with our favourite lizard friend who loves |
| 0:59.7 | learning about the environment. |
| 1:01.3 | Echo Gecko is brought to you by Fun Kids with the British Ecological Society, advancing |
| 1:07.7 | ecology and making it count. |
| 1:12.3 | Hello, I'm Echo Gecko, a lizard who loves ecology. |
| 1:17.4 | Ecology shows us all the clever ways that plants share the planet. |
| 1:21.5 | Why don't you join me as we find out more? |
| 1:36.3 | Foo! I'm in a tropical rainforest in South America, and it's certainly steamy in here. High temperatures all year round and plenty of rain makes them a hot and humid home to an astounding 100,000 species of plants. |
| 1:45.0 | And that's just the ones we know about. |
| 1:48.0 | The plants have clever ways to survive in these conditions. |
| 1:51.0 | If they get too wet, they might get covered in mould or moss, |
| 1:54.0 | meaning that they can't get energy from the sun. |
| 1:56.0 | So many leaves are waxy or sloped downwards, so the water runs off. |
| 2:00.0 | All sorts of insects, reptiles and mammal life forage and nest in the dark ground levels. |
| 2:04.6 | They have to be good at surviving in the low light created by the enormous canopy of trees above. |
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