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8.9.25 - Part 2 · Children's Hour

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Rei's Children Story Hour as a
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  Reminder is a reading service intended for people who are
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  blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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  read printed material. Today we will be reading from various
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  books on trees. Your reader today is Diane. We will
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  continue from with the book from Last Time, The Magic
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  and Mystery of Trees. It was published by Penguin Random House.
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  It has a copyright year of twenty nineteen and the
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  author is Jin Green. Tree senses. A tree doesn't have eyes, ears, fingers,
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  or toes because they're so different from us. For a
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  long time, no one knew trees had senses, But now
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  we know that they can tell what's going on around them.
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  They can sense the outside world hot and cold. Trees
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  can sense how hot or cold is. Even tiny seeds
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  know if the tempture has become warm enough for them
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  to gross throughout and start growing. Touch. Tree roots are
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  amazingly sensitive. A tree can tell which roots in the
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  underground tangle are its own. Can also tell whether its
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  neighbors are the same type of tree. Taste. When an
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  animal nibbles on a leaf, the tree can taste the
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  animals spit. Trees can even tell different animals apart from
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  the taste of their spit. Hearing, roots can hear the
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  sound of running water and grow towards it. Even when
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  the tree is completely sold off, it knows the water
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  is there. We don't yet know how they do this scene.
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  They may not have eyes, but trees can certainly sense
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  light and grow toward it. Every leaf on a tree
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  can tell which direction the light is coming from. After all,
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  they need light to make food. Time trees live life
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  in the slow lane, but they do keep track of
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  time and spring. Trees can sense the days getting longer
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  and fall. They know the days are shorter and prepare
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  for winter. Being themselves, no two trees are exactly the same.
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  Different trees living in the same conditions still grow into
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  different shapes. Some trees take part in the wood wide web,
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  while others are loners. Talking trees can talk to insects
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  using sights and smells. The bright colors and sweet scents
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  of flowers till these some butterflies that food is available, shouting.
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  When they get thirsty, trees start yelling. If water can't
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  flow from the roots to the leaves, the trunk starts
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  to vibrate. That's the tree's way of complaining. The handkerchief
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  tree from China has flowers that look like dangling napkins.
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  We are only just beginning to uncover all the mysteries
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  of what trees consent. Scientists are beginning to research how
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  trees think. Using their roots like a brain, they can
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  sense the outside world and even talk back. Tree defenses.
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  Imagine if you were a tree and an insects start
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  to nibble on you ouch. Luckily, trees have lots of
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  clever ways to stop insect invaders. Sticky sap beetles attacking
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  lodge pulpines often find themselves in a sticky situation. Before
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  the yummy bark can be devoured, the pine tree imprison
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  the insect in a very sticky sap trap. Bitter dinner beech,
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  oak and spruce trees can pump chemicals called tannins into
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  their leaves to make them taste bitter whilst the insects
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  milk so they move on to other trees insects to
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  the rescue. Some trees use a different tack to defend
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  themselves against sap sucking insects called apids. They give off
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  a special scent that calls lady bugs. These spotted insects
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  hunt aphids and will eat them all day if they
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  get the chance. The tree can tell what kind of
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  bug is biting it, and it can send for the
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  right helpers under attack. Giraffes are the natural enemy of
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  the acacia tree. Luckily for the acacias, they have some
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  clever defenses at the ready. Not only do they protect themselves,
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  they also warn other trees of the danger. Danger Acacia
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  trees can sense giraffes spit when the trees leaves are
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  being nibbled. It starts making chemicals that make the leaves
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  taste bitter yuck. Beware giraffes. Acacias have long, sharp thorns
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  to ward off animals, but the giraffes long fixable tongue
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  dodges the thorns to pluck tufts of green leaves. Deterred
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  giraffes don't like the bitter leaves, so they move on
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  to other trees heads up. As well as protecting themselves,
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  the acsheas give off a special scent that warns trees
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  nearby that hungry giraffes are around. Group efforts. The acicheus
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  trees pick up the scent and start making their own
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  bitter chemicals. The giraffes now have to walk a long
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  way to find leaves that don't taste aful incredible trees.
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  Trees are the biggest, heaviest, and oldest living things on
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  the planet. They can live in the snowy heights of
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  the Andes and even clone themselves. Trees can live for
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  a long time in all kinds of places because they
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  are good at adapting to different environments. The world's very
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  tallest tree is the redwood growing in California named Tiperini,
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  and it sorts three hundred and seventy seven feet high,
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  the height of about twenty giraffes. A giant soica named
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  General Sherman is the world's largest individual living thing. It
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  has a massive trunk twenty six feet across Montusma bald Cyprus,
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  called the Tull Tree, stands in a churchyard in Mexico.
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  Is the world's whitest tree and measures one hundred and
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  nineteen feet around the trunk, but it is only one
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  hundred and sixteen feet tall. The world's oldest known tree
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  is a bristle compine named Methisula. It grows high in
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  the White Mountains of California, and it's four, eight hundred
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  years old. The roots of a hon pine growing in Tasmania,
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  Australia are in epic ten thousand, five hundred years old.
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  A group of quaking aspen trees in a forest of
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  Utah are all identical sprouts of one tree, connected by roots.
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  This makes the group the world's heaviest living thing. Together,
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  the trees weigh as much as thirty three blue wells.
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  The tough polyeps trees of South America can grow at
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  heights of up to seventeen thousand feet in the Andes Mountain,
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  where it's two cold and windy for other trees to
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  grow tree habitats. Trees aren't that fussy about where they live.
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  All they need is sunshine, water, and a little soil
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  in which to spread their roots. That's why forests are
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  found all over the world and why such an amazing
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  array of animal and plant life is found with in
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  their depths. Trees are tough survivors. Scattered trees can take
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  root on steep, stony mountains. They cling to life on
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  storm battered coast and survive howling winds. In the snowy tundru.
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  They survive on the edges of dusty deserts and on
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  busy streets and city centers. In fact, trees can get
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  by almost anywhere. This section explores habitats the world over.
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  Read on to discover how trees provide a home for
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  an incredible variety of mammals, birds, insects, and fish. Tree homes.
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  This great, big oak tree is home to lots of creatures.
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  From the top most branches to the deepest roots. Animals
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  and plants live side by side, just like people in
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  an apartment building. Dig in an oak tree like this
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  provides food for everyone, sort of like a natural supermarket.
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  Carnivores such as apur and bats are keeping a lookout
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  for small animals and insects to hunt Herbivores such as insects, birds,
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  and deer much on every part of the tree. They
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  nib on its leaves, buds, fruits, and even bark. Below
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  ground in the tree's basement, worms, beetles, and fungi feasts
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  among the roots. Blackbirds build cozy nests high in the
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  tree branches to lay their eggs. The nests keep the
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  chicks warm and safe from predators such as foxes. The
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  woodpecker drums hose in the bark with its super sharp
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  beak to find juicy grubs, then its slurps up the
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  insects with its sticky tongue in falls. Guirrels bery nuts
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  in the ground to save for winter. Foxes use their
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  sharp claws to dig snug dens among the trees fruits.
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  Tropical rainforests. The s Amazon rainforest is home to more
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  living things than any other place in the world. A
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  small patch of rainforest can contain hundreds of types of trees. Emergent.
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  Tall trees called emergents hope their heads above the forest
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  campy they can enjoy the sun without having to compete
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  with other trees for light. K Pop trees are common
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  in the rainforest. They can grow up to two hundred
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  and thirty feet. Canopy rainforest trees love the hot, steamy weather.
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  They grow tall, creating a dense, shady roof called a
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  canopy understory. The understory is dim because the canopy above
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  blocks most of the light forest floor the ground level,
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  and a rainforest is dark and dry because the higher
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  levels absorb almost all the light and rain. Temperate rainforests,
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  unlike tropical forests. Temperate rainforests grow in areas of mild
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  weather where it is neither too hot nor too cold.
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  Many of the trees are conifers. This misty forest is
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  home to lots of animals that like to keep cool.
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  River beavers. Beavers build dams across forest streams. They gnaw
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  through saplings young trees with their sharp front teeth, timber
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  the tree crashes down to become part of the dam.
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  Big cats pumas are large cats that silently slink through
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  the forest. They pounce on animals as large as deer
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  and kill them by biting their necks. Tree frogs Pacific
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  tree frogs live in forest ponds and damp ditches. They
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  are brown, gray, or green, but can change color to
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  blend in with their surroundings of the forest. The world's
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  largest temperate rainforest grows along the west coast of North America.
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  It is made up of mostly conifers, including the tallest
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  trees in the world, giant redwoods. The trees grow so
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  well because they have plenty of water. The rain is
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  heaviest in winter, but in the summer months, thick damp
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  fogs roll in from the ocean. Gentle giants moose are
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  the largest type of deer. Males have huge antlers. They
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  glide among the trees, munching ferns, grass twigs, and tree
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  bark chipmunks. Chipmunks are nimble little rodents that scamper through
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  the forest searching for nuts, fruits, and seeds. They carry
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  food back to their burrows and their bulging cheek pouches raccoons.
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  This scrappy mammal has a broad black stripe across its eyes,
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  like a bandit's masks. It acts like abandoned too, rating
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  bursts nests to steal eggs. Swamp forest. In the hot
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  and human swamp, unusual trees called mangroves grow in slow moving,
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  murky water. In this coastal tropical forest, the trees are
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  washed twice a day by salty tides. Trees on stilts.
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  Mangrove trees have tall roots that lift the tree high
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  above the water. These roots filter out most of the
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  salt so the tree can drink fresh water. The salt
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  water crocodile lurks in gloom, waiting for prey. The muddy
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  water around the mangrove roots is the perfect hiding place
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  for the world's largest reptile. Falling leaves get snapped up
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  by crabs. Some mangroves move salt into their leaves, which
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  then fall off the Sunda barns in Banglesh is the
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  world's largest mangrove forest. Mud skippers are strange fish that
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  can live out of water. They skitter over the mud
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  using their strong front fence. The Bengal tiger prows the
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  swamp in search of deer. Its striped coat provides the
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  perfect camoufage in the tall wreaths of the water's edge.
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  Many fish hide among the roots. The mangroves. Roofs poke
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  into the mud and slow down the water. This stops
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  the coast from eroding, which is wearing away over time.
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  Snow forest the dense, dark Taga forest is covered with
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  snow in winter. It grows across can Russia and northern Europe,
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  wrapping itself around the world like an enormous green scarf.
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  Cool conifers. The Taga is made up of mostly conifers
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  such as spruce and fur. Conifer's pointy shape and waxing
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  needle like leaves help them shed the heavy snow. The
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  Taga covers more of the world than any other forest.
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  White world. Northern forests have short, cool summers and long
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  harsh winters. Snow often covers the ground for months on end.
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  The crossbill has pincer shaped beak with overflapping tips. It
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  pries open pine cones to get at the seas inside.
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  Bears use their sharp claws to climb trees and get
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  to bee's nest. The bear breaks open the nest and
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  slurps the honey. The male moose has huge branching antlers,
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  which it likes to scratch against the trees. Reindeers spin
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  the winter in these sheltered forest, eating leeches from branches
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  and underneath the snow. Pine martins dart along the snowy
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  forest floor, sniffing out small animals to hunt. A ghostly
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  gray owl fly silently above the forest, keeping the eye
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  out for signs of prey on the ground below. Extreme survivors.
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  Most trees prefer to live in mild, warm, and sunny places. However,
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  some hardy trees can cope with incredibly tough conditions, such
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  as extreme heat or cold, or long dry periods called droughts.
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  On the edge, pine and cypress trees can grow on
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  very windy cliffs. Powerful gusts break off branches, leaving only
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  one side of the tree to grow. You can tell
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  which way the wind blows by looking at these trees.
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  Dwarf willow beyond the northern take it lies the frozen
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  Arctic tundra. The shrub like Arctic willow can cope with
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  the bitter cold and deep snow and hugs the ground
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  out of reach of whistling winds and takes one hundred
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  years to grow just eight inches. Trees left drinking water,
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  but some have adapted to very dry environments. They snatch
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  up every drop they can find. Koala home a tall
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  eucalyptus or gum trees grow in dry areas of Australia.
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  Kualas weed. Only Eucalyptus leaves water. Tank babib tree grows
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  on the dry grassy plains of Africa. In the rainy season,
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  they strow water in the trunks to survive the dry season.
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  Fireproof Ponderosa pine trees can survive fires. They have extra
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  thick protective bark that can grow up to four inches thick.
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  Trees In me, trees help us in a hundred different ways.
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  They provide food, wood, and many other useful products. They
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  make the air fresh and healthy by creating oxygen, and
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  help make our planet a clean place to live. Trees
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  take cook care of us and other living things. Yet
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  all over the world people are harming trees. We cut
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  forest down for timber and to make room for farms cities.
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  We also cause pollution that is hurting the trees. Trees
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  to a lot to keep our world green and healthy.
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  They provide a home for the countless plants, animals, and
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  people who live in forests around the world. In turn,
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  it's up to each and every one of us to
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  take good care of trees. Harvest time from a piece
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  of juicy fruit to spicy guacamola tree provides us with
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  so many mouthwatering meals. Without trees, there would be no chocolate, mango, yogurt,
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  or avocado toast. They even produce powerful medicines that help
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  us get well when we are filling ill junk food.
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  Palm tree oils used to make pizza, cookies, and ice cream.
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  Rainforests are being destroyed to make space for the trees
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  to create the oil. To protect the rainforest, it's best
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  not to eat too many trees made with palm oil,
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  fruit salad. Fruit trees once grew wild and forests, but
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  now they are grown mainly by humans and orchards or plantations.
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  We eat the seas inside. Some fruits, such as pomegranates
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  crunchy nuts. Lots of nuts come from trees, including brazil nuts,
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  which come from one of the tallest trees in the
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  Amazon rainforests. Coconut palms produce the largest nuts of any tree.
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  Tree doctor the headache medicine aspen originally comes from the
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  bark of the willow tree. Another helpful tree is the sincona,
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  which creates a messin called Queen nine that helps treat
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  malaria spicy flavors. Without trees, our food would be very bland.
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  Cinnamon and nutmey can really spice up a meal. Cola
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  nuts are used to flavor fizzy cola. Beans from the
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  CaCO tree give chocolate its unique taste. Sweet syrup, the
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  maple syrup on your pancakes, is made from the sap
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  of the sugar maple is collected by hammering a metal
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  tap into the tree's trunk and catching the sap that
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  drips out. Made from trees, wood is a super material.
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  It's strong, beautiful one can be grown in eco friendly way.
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  We use this incredible material to build our houses and
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  to make all kinds of objects, paper goods, paper and
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  cardboarder made from the tiny chips of soft wood mixed
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  with water. This makes a mushy pulp which is then
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  rolled flat and dried. Wooden world. Take a look around
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  your home. How many objects can you find that are
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  made of wood? From pencils made from cedar to pine furniture,
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  wood is all around the home. It takes at least
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  thirty years to grow a pine tree for wood. Hardywood
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  trees such as oak and maple, makes strong hardwood that
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  is used for roof beams and furniture. Tropical hardwoods such
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  as mahogany and rosewood are used to make guitars because
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  they create a clear sound. Hardwood is strong and tough,
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  but the trees grow very slowly. Rubber rubber trees use
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  a milky sap which is turned into car and bicycle tires.
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  Rubber boots, party balloons, and rubber bands are also made
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  from rubber. A type of instance called agar wood, which
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  comes from Accillaria trees, is worth more than golds trees
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  in the planet. Trees are vital to every single person
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  on the planet. They keep the earth cool and moist,
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  which makes it a nice place to live. Trees love
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  to soak up water, but don't worry, they are willing
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  to share it with the rest of us. They even
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  help to create clouds. This process is called the water cycle.
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  The water cycle. This which water moves between the sea, air,
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  and land in a NonStop cycle called the water cycle.
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  Trees play a very important part in this by releasing
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  water back into the air and absorbing it through their roots.
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  They stop rain from flowing right back into the sea.
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  Forest help cool the air around the earth. The planet
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  is already warmer than it should be, but without trees
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  it would heat up even more. Leaves can catch rain
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  and give off extra moisture. The tree doesn't need as
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  water vapor, so it rains high in near The moisture
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  from the tree forms clouds. When clouds float over high areas,
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  such as mountains, water falls this rain or snow. The
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  clouds move inland rain to places that would be dry
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  without it. Without trees, deserts would cover much more of
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  the earth. The water flows back down towards the lower ground.
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  Any rain that the trees don't absorb soaks into the
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  soil or runs off into rivers. Trees at risk all
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  over the world. People are cutting down trees to use
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  the land covered by forest. Slowly but surely, even vast
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  forests like the Amazon are getting smaller. We also harm
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  trees by spreading pollution. We need to take better care
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  of our precious forest. Forest destruction. Why are forests disappearing?
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  People cut down trees for timber and also to light
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  wood fires to keep warm and to cook. With clear
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  forest land, to build new roads and cities, and to
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  make way for new farms and ranches where we raise
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  cattle and grow crops lost homes. When the loggers move in,
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  the wine of chainsaws fills the air. Mighty trees come
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  crashing down, Logs are loaded onto trucks. In the end,
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  all that is left are broken stumps. Animals such as
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  birds and deer run for their lives and are left
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  for nowhere to live. This is called habitat destruction effects.
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  Tree roots keep the soil together. Without trees to slow
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  down and suck up the rain, the water washes soil
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  into rivers. This can cause flooding. Eventually, the whole area
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  becomes drier, so farmers find it harder to grow crops. Pollution, cars,
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  factories and power plants, and far away cities can harm trees.
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  They give off smoke and fumes that drift on the
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  wind to pollute distant forests. The pollution makes trees drop
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  their leaves, so they get sick and eventually dyeing. Helping trees,
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  trees deserve our love and care. After all, they do
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  a lot to keep our world healthy and turn in
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  sup to all of us. Take better care of the
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  world's trees. We can use, recycle paper, or or even
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  plant a new tree. Plant a new tree, make space
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  in your garden, park or other green space for a
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  brand new tree. Buy a young tree, a sapling and
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  make a home for it to grow. Dig a deep
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  hole in the ground. Make sure the hole is twice
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  as wide as the roots of the tree and the
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  same depth. Different trees like different soil, but most like loose,
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  moist ground where the roots can grow. Plant a sapling
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  that you have bought from a plant to nurse tree.
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  Put a piece of wood across the soil around the
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  top of the tree's roots. This will show you where
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  the roots come up to. They should be just on
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  your own level. Fill the shovel earth into the home,
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  making sure it is not packed into tightly. The sapling's
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  roots should be completely covered, but with room to grow.
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  Tie the tree to a stake to help it stand
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  up in the wind. Water your tree to give it
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  the best chance to grow, Remove any weeds around it,
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  and keep an eye out for pest. In two to
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  three years, you'll be able to remove the steak and
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  your tree will stand proud on its own. Some forests,
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  such as natural parks and reserves, are protected. Workers called
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  foresters look after the trees and plant ones when needed.
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  National and state trees different species of trees thrive in
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  different parts of the world. People grow to love the
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  trees they see around them as they grow up. Over time,
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  a particular tree can become connected with the region. Many
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  of the world's people love one tree so much that
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  they wanted to represent them and have made it their
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  national or state tree. This concludes the children's story ire
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  for today. Please join us next time as we will
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