Thursday, January 31, 2013

Cave art

Cave art was first discovered in Spain when a 9 year old girl who had wandered deep into the cave. She then shouted for her father and he saw these beautiful cave paintings. He said they were painted by prehistoric people. But since the paintings were so good they said someone had painted them the day before he discovered them. 4 years later he died of depression. After he was proven innocent when more of them were found.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lemurs

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Lemurs

Lemurs are primates that live in Madagascar. There are many different species. Almost all endangered. Lemurs are very different than monkeys, when Madagascar broke off Africa the lemurs adapted to life in Madagascar. They are very cool, the biggest predator is a giant mongoose known as a fosa.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Daniel McKay's Invention

Daniel invented the glow glass at age 13. He got the idea in a blackout in one of his concert. After 6 months of study, he finished his invention. On December 30, 1999 he sold over 10,000 boxes ranging from $9.99 to $15.99.
I hope it doesn't malfunction!

Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Car

Cars have many inventors, but the first cars had three wheels like bicycle wheels. The first car with a modern engine was Carl Benz. Carl Benz was a German inventor. William Cugnut made the first car. It was steam powered. It was not reliable. It had three wheels.
Henry Ford made the first reliable car. It was built in 1903. He also invented a parts chain. This chain moved around like a wheel, just it was a belt. It helped speed up production. In 1904 Henry Ford invented a great car for the 1904. It was the Model T. It could go long distances, it was very safe, and was closed so nobody could steal it. Now cars have changed.

Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya

Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya is a national park with giraffes, eland, zebra, and many other things. You can take a walk through the Hell's Gate Gorge, climb the cliffs, and bike through the park. It is only around an hour thirty minutes from Nairobi. If you go for an overnight trip you usually stay in a lodge in Naivasha. Naivasha is a lake in Kenya. In Naivasha there are colobus monkey, vervet monkey, hippos, and waterbuck. It is a 10 minute drive from Naivasha to Hell's Gate.
The land is Masai land.

Other things to do there are go to
Crescent Island. On Crescent Island there are wildebeest, Thompson's gazelle, giraffes, and hyenas. You can walk around Crescent Island. In the boat you will see hippos, pelicans, African fish eagle, and other birds.
You can also go to the Elsa mere museum and see pictures of Elsa. You can also see a video of Elsa.