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A specialty of the Extreme Science website is providing information about
amazing or unusual scientific facts. This includes information on things like the
largest diamond ever discovered, the Earth’s driest desert or highest waterfall. It also
includes facts about the oldest animal known to scientists, the largest land animal and
the fastest animal in the sea.
TheFeaturedCreature.com is another website that children are sure to find
interesting. It calls attention to some lesser-known species. Carly Martinetti launched
the website earlier this year. Ms. Martinetti is a twenty-year-old psychology student.
She says she has been interested in unusual animals since she was a little girl. "I used
to have millions of pets, like the weirdest ones you could probably think of. I had a
soft shell turtle and a hedgehog, and red-eyed tree frogs. My whole room pretty much
looked like a miniature zoo."
Visitors to TheFeaturedCreature.com website can find information about some
of the strangest and most interesting animals on Earth. Ms. Martinetti says there is
more to the animal kingdom than lions, tigers and bears. She wants to help people
learn about the millions of little-known species. "I was getting kind of bored with
seeing all the nature shows on Savannah, and Great Plains and things like that, where
it's always you hear about lions and cheetahs. I wanted to kind of expose readers to
some of the other cool creatures that are out there."
Recently, one story on the Featured Creature website described the arboreal
alligator lizard. The colorful lizards are natives of Mexico. They grow to be only
about sixteen centimeters in length. The website says they are an endangered species
and victims of a growing illegal pet trade.
Have you ever seen a long-eared hedgehog? You can find one at the Featured
Creature website. They look almost like a cross between a rat and a porcupine. But be
careful! The website warns that many long-eared hedgehogs have been found to
carry brown dog ticks. These little creatures spread disease to animals and sometimes
people.
TheFeaturedCreature.com is not as much a scientific website for children as it
is a website created by a young person with an interest in unusual animals. The web
postings are not overly scientific. Instead, the information is presented in a funny way
that young people will surely enjoy.
Finally, we close with a story about another science website for children.
Parents may find this one especially interesting. It is called sciencetoymaker.org, but
there are no toys for sale. Instead the website provides step-by-step guides on how to
make your own play-things, all at little or no cost.
Many of the toys are made out of things one might find around the home. For
example, one of the projects is for a scribbling, spinning top. To make it, you need a
milk carton, a pencil, a ballpoint pen, scissors and a pencil sharpener.

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