S7 E9: Secrets of the Frontenac Arc!

Earth Rangers

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Education, Nature, Earth Sciences, Science

4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Today I’m talking to conservation biologist Megan Quinn who works with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Together we will find out all about the amazing biodiversity of an area of Canada called the Frontenac Arc! ——————————— Are you a card-carrying Earth Rangers member yet? Make sure to sign up for the FREE App today to get your membership card in the mail! Get it here! https://www.earthrangers.com/EN/CA/get-the-app/ And don't forget to use the code "EMMA" in the App to unlock 25 bonus points. ——————————— Earth Rangers is a registered charity and the App is always free to use. For more information visit www.earthrangers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, quick question Earth Rangers.
0:03.0	How do you get to school in the morning?
0:05.0	Maybe you hop on a school bus and drive through the streets.
0:09.0	Or maybe you ride your bike along a sidewalk.
0:12.0	Maybe you're homeschool bike along a sidewalk.
0:16.0	Maybe you're homeschooled and you just skip down the stairs.
0:22.0	Streets, sidewalk, stairs, we've got all kinds of ways to get around. But here's a mystery we need to solve.
0:25.0	Animals don't have streets or sidewalks or stairs.
0:29.0	So how do they travel? Earth Rangers!
0:35.0	Earth Rangers!
0:38.0	Earth Rangers!
0:40.0	Earth Rangers! Ranger. Now you're an experienced Earth Rangers so I don't need to tell you that animals move.
0:57.0	They move in all kinds of ways. They fly, they swim, they slither on their bellies, and some animals do lots of moving.
1:07.0	Monarch butterflies migrate 5,000 kilometers every year.
1:11.0	An epic round trip from Canada to Mexico and back again.
1:15.0	That's a long way to fly with such little wings.
1:17.8	Or you might have heard that reindeer fly around the world as well,
1:21.6	pulling Santa's sleigh through the sky on Christmas Eve.
1:24.0	But they put in some pretty impressive numbers on land too.
1:27.0	Rain deer, aka Caribou, walk 2,000 kilometers every year to make the journey from their winter digs to their
1:35.8	summer getaway.
1:37.9	That said, Antarctic killer whales have monarch and a caribou a beat.
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