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If you touch a young wild animal, will the mother abandon it?
When is it ok to interfere?
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How do you cut down a 1400-ton tree?
And how do you move it once you’ve cut it?
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How do giant sequoias survive wildfires?
Part 1 exploring the many questions I had while visiting them…
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Why doesn’t honey spoil?
and how do bees even make it?
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Are these small trees really 400 years old?
Appearances are often deceiving
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Can chickens really be hypnotized by staring at a line?
... and could animal hypnosis be a good thing for my pets?
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Why don’t we smell when we’re asleep?
And is the same true of animals?
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Why don’t birds’ nests blow out of trees?
Avian architects at work
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Why are crows and hawks enemies?
And how long can a crow hold a grudge?
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Why don’t we view the Earth flipped on its side?
...spinning like a rotisserie?
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Why isn’t the turkey our national bird?
It’s turkey season.
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How old is this river?
And how can you tell the age of a river anyway?
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How do animals survive a hurricane?
Can they tell its coming?
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No question – Helene was a big storm
A different sort of Natural Wonder this week...
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