National Geographic Kids USA - October 2017

THE

FIRST COMPUTER

WAS AS LONG AS A

TENNIS COURT.

GET MORE!

BARRY MANSELL / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY / MINDEN PICTURES (BAT); RACHAEL HAMM PLETT (ALMONDS, TENT); THUMB /ISTOCKPHOTO (WATER BOTTLE); JULIDE DENGEL / NG STAFF (ALLIGATOR EGG); INGRAM PUBLISHING / SUPERSTOCK (EARTH), JULIDENGEL / NG STAFF (ANTS), IMAGE DIGITALLY COMPOSED; MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES (VOLCANO)

BY MICHELLE HARRIS

It takes

three liters

of freshwater

to make

one liter

of bottled water.

ANTS HAVE

LIVEDON

EARTH FOR

SOME 140

MILLION

YEARS.

LOOK GREEN.

ma e t e

SUN

LOOK GREEN.

Baby

alligators

bark when they’re

ready to hatch

outof their eggs.

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