Strange Science

Human beings have been taking from nature for many years.
This April, Disney made a landmark decision.

Isn’t it about time we started giving back?
 

A whopping 2.7 million trees will be planted in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest in honor of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ release of Disneynature EARTH, a movie which grossed $16.1 million in just one week during its time in theaters. This particular rainforest has suffered much deforestation and this massive replanting effort will be a massive boost for the area’s ecosystem - plant and animal alike.

A huge hit with moviegoers and critics alike, the movie gives a colorful and touching look into the world of different animal families sharing the world we call home - a poignant and powerful message for all humanity to realize and understand - we aren’t the only ones on this big blue planet, and we have to do our part to keep it alive and healthy.

If you’d like to know more about the movie, and the directors’ take on its production, check out this informative Q&A post, and you’ll be glad you did.

PS. Don’t forget - do your part whenever you can! Recycle water bottles, keep trash off the ground, and treat the environment well so it can treat you well, too.

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– Silver Gummi Shark.

The flying fox is not a fox at all; rather, it’s the name for the many species of the world’s largest bats!

Flying foxes are different from most other bats.  They have fairly large eyes for their relative body size, and do not rely on echolocation for navigation and finding food. They have excellent vision, and use it to their advantage! As if that’s not cool enough, some species of the flying fox can grow so big that their wingspan reaches five feet!