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The Tree Ambulance By Julia Gillis 4M

I am guessing you have all seen a dead tree, but in New Delhi, India there is a tree ambulance. The project started on December 1st, 2009 to prevent the loss of many trees.

Trees are important because they provide oxygen, shelter for lots of wildlife, and materials for us to build tools and shelter. As you probably already know, the population of India is pretty large which means more pollution, so they need a fair amount of trees. But pollution also kills trees.

The tree ambulance is super important there, so they have 6-7 people per ambulance. The ambulance is made up of dendrologists which are tree scientists. They treat termites, insect attacks and fungal infections.

Termites are bugs that snack on wood and can be highly destructive to trees, so the ambulance makes sure to treat them before it gets too bad. Fungal infections are caused by a fungus found in soil called botrytis and it attacks and rots the tree’s roots. They make sure to cut the fungus off before it grows too large and the tree is fully rotten or demolished. Insect attacks make hollow trunks which leads to trees falling down.

I hope the tree ambulance comes to Toronto because it seems like there are many benefits.

Jumping Hero By Camellia Xu 4G

You probably already know that rabbits are SUPER jumpers! But what about a hamster? Well listen up bunnies, a NEW jumping superhero is in town!

Ginny the hamster is 7 cm. Amazingly, she can jump 52 cm into the air. Ginny was born on October 31, 2006. Ginny lived with her owner Patricia Ann Hancock in Seattle, USA.

Patricia got Ginny for her 11th birthday. Patricia likes to feed Ginny pumpkin seeds because Patricia doesn’t like them. Because of this, Ginny LOVED eating pumpkin seeds.

Ginny had her own TikTok account, Twitter account, Instagram account, Facebook account, and Snapchat account. Ginny’s owner Patricia took photos and videos of Ginny jumping. Crouch, and… JUMP! Patricia posts these photos and videos of her jumping on social media. These photos and videos went viral! In 2010, BBC Earth made a special, private documentary on Ginny, and in 2011, Ginny made it into a commercial on the apartment she lived in. From then on, the apartment building, Seattle City View apartment, had a lot of people living in it. Sadly, Ginny died on November 24, 2013. Now you’ll want to make sure you tell your pet bunny to watch out! ‘Cause Ginny the jumping superhero is in town!

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