What are tar pits?

Go fly a kite! Or battle a kite and try to cut someone else's down from the sky? That's what happens in the new picture book Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite, written by Suhasini Gupta and illustrated by Devika Oza. Dr. Danger spoke with Suhasini to learn about flying kites and kite battles, in which one kite flyer cuts the tail of another kite. Suhasini spoke about flying kites with her family in India on rooftops and taking a more relaxed approach to kite flying in the US. She shares instructions for making kites with kids and teaches Dr. Danger about the important contributions of kites to science! Find instructions for making a kite here: https://www.thesusankam.com/books/crafts Find Suhasini's book Kai Po Che on bookshop.org, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Suhasini is on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesusankam/ Find more Kids' Questions Answered wherever you listen to podcasts!  Instagram Facebook Submit a question to the podcast here. Read more in-depth about podcast topics on our Substack.   

Dr. Danger wants to know, "what are tar pits?" Super Eddie gives his interpretation of tar pits, and then Dr. Danger asks Joyce Uglow, author of the new picture book STUCK! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits. Joyce tells us all about La Brea tar pits and the plants and animals that were stuck there and fossilized thousands of years ago. We talk about smilodon, the saber tooth cat! Dire wolves! Camels! Super Eddie tells Dr. Danger what he doesn't like about tar pits.  Find Joyce and her book at the links below: https://linktr.ee/jpuglow Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jpuglow/?hl=en  Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jpuglow.bsky.social  Substack https://substack.com/@jpuglow Website https://joyceuglowauthor.com   Find more Kids' Questions Answered wherever you listen to podcasts!  Instagram Facebook Submit a question to the podcast here. Read more in-depth about podcast topics on our Substack. 

Super Eddie asked Dr. Danger if teeth are made of bone...it kind of makes sense, right? Dr. Danger asked a dentist, and she found out the answer. Dr. Danger and Super Eddie discuss how many teeth kids and grownups have, how many teeth sharks have, and different types of teeth. Dr. Danger and Super Eddie takes turns describing what teeth are made of (enamel, dentin, cementin, and pulp), with Super Eddie's own personal spin on things.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here. We will answer it in a future episode!  Subscribe to our Substack newsletter here. Thanks for learning with us!  

Super Eddie asks, "Can komodo dragons kill you?" Dr. Danger explains about how komodo dragons kill their prey, and drops some knowledge about monitor lizards, where they live, and what they eat. Dr. Danger tells Super Eddie about komodo dragon attacks on humans.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here. We will answer it in a future episode! 

Super Eddie wants to know which animal has the longest tongue. Dr. Danger starts to list animals with the longest tongue relative to their body size, and she and Super Eddie discuss. Super Eddie shares some Transformers knowledge. Then they remember the biggest animal in the world, which also has the biggest tongue of all animals. They discuss blue whale tongues--how long? How much does it weigh? As much as an elephant?! They also talk about how not everything on the Internet is true.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here.  Thanks for learning with us! 

What are skinks? Are they lizards? Do they live in caves? Super Eddie and Dr. Danger discuss skinks' legs, necks, and habitats. Super Eddie describes how skinks use their bodies, and Dr. Danger describes where they can live. They discuss yoga poses and how to move like a snake.  Submit questions to the podcast here.  If you love the podcast, plesae leave us a review on Apple podcasts, and connect with the podcast on Facebook. 

Super Eddie wants to know, can alligators climb? And can they climb on the ceiling? Dr. Danger describes what alligators have been seen climbing--fences, trees, and even stairs! She explains why they don't climb on the ceiling, and Super Eddie talks about how it could be done.  We're back from our summer break! Submit questions to the podcast here.  If you love the podcast, plesae leave us a review on Apple podcasts, and connect with the podcast on Facebook.   

What are orchids? Dr. Danger explains how orchids are plants, but they use other organisms to help them. Sometimes they even steal things! Orchids can grow in lots of places, and the orchid family is one of the most diverse plant families, with the most number of species, in the world.  Get Dr. Danger's new book, Meet the Trees.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here.   

Will wants to know, why are dog butts just holes? Why don't they have butts like we do? Dr. Danger and Super Eddie discuss butts and butt muscles. Dr. Danger explains how two-legged animals need different muscles than four-legged animals. She also shares some interesting biological terms related to butts.  Thanks for the question, Will!  Get Dr. Danger's new book, Meet the Trees.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here. 

Dr. Danger loves to talk about juneberries...but what are they? Juneberry is a tree with many different names: serviceberry, saskatoon, shadbush and shadblow are some of its names. Super Eddie talks about how the berries taste. Dr. Danger explains where juneberries live and how they get the name, shadbush! What she doesn't explain in the podcast episode is that in some places, the berries form in June. But in other places, the berries form in July.  See Juneberry featured in Dr. Danger's new book, Meet the Trees.  Connect with us on Facebook or Instagram @DrDangerScience.  Submit a question to the podcast here.