Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.
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Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.
This week's News Time is a real creature feature!
You’ll hear five stories about curious creatures from Australia and around the world. We’ll meet a cheeky bear that broke into a zoo, then we’ll hop to an island where millions of scuttling crabs are making an escape. And, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll hit the catwalk to meet some very fashionable dolphins.
Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the project that's asking Australians to take photos of insects?
2. What type of dinosaur was dug up (as a mummy)?
3. How many red crabs on Christmas Island are migrating?
4. How did zoo staff describe the unexpected bear visitor?
5. What were the male dolphins wearing on their heads?
Bonus Tricky Question
What are two ways that residents of Christmas Island gently move the crabs?
Answers
1. The Australian Bug Hunt
2. Duck-billed dinosaur
3. 100 million
4. He was very polite
5. Sea sponges
Bonus Tricky Answer
Shields on their cars, and leaf blowers
ABC KIDS News Time
Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.