Welcome to Kent District Library’s Stump the Librarian Podcast where your friendly neighborhood librarians put their research skills to the test answering questions from you, the listener! Jill and Liz every other Wednesday to learn new and exciting information. Think you have a question that can stump us? Visit www.kdl.org/stump to submit a question of your own!
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Episode 37 Exploding Ants
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Wednesday Oct 04, 2023
Join Jill and Liz as they answer the questions, “How are ants so strong?” and “To which family of animals is the red panda most closely related?” We also share a fun fact of the day about toe-wrestling and a super cool nonfiction book recommendation. To submit your own question, go to KDL.org/Stump. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Jill’s Fact of the Day: The Mind-Blowing World of Extraordinary Competitions https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C938924
Liz’s book recommendation: How Old is a Whale? https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C932565
Concerning ants:
https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home#article/ar830069
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant
How Do Ants Survive a Flood? https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C900799
How Strong is an Ant? https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C520672
Ants https://kdl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S174C676320
Ants Ingenious Survival Method During Flood | Superswarm | BBC Earth
Concerning red pandas:
"Biological classification." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Jun. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/biological-classification/599565. Accessed 19 Sep. 2023.
"Red panda." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 Jan. 2019. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/red-panda/631664. Accessed 19 Sep. 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotypic_taxon
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/red-panda
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