Why are four-leaf clovers so rare? (2024)

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This kid is going fishing. That doesn’t look like a normal boatthough. What is he sitting in?

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See Also
3 Ways to Spot a Fake Four Leaf CloverPhony Shamrocks and Fake Four-Leaf CloversHow to Make Paper Four Leaf Clovers

It’s a giant lily pad, originally from the Amazon rainforest! These lilypads are strong enough to hold kids! Look how big they can grow!

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Check out what the underside of the rainforest lily pad looks like! Other rainforest plants have giant leaves too--check them out!

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Palm trees have branches with lots of skinny leaves (leaflets). Think like an inventor. What could you make out of these?

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Watch as this person weaves (braids) the leaves. See if you can figure out what the person is making before the video ends!

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People weave palm leaves to make many different things. In Indonesia, people create these amazing wedding decorations!

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Some leaves have amazing colors and patterns! But...

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...this wiggly, white pattern wasn’t always on this leaf! What doyou think happened to the leaf? Where did the pattern come from?

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The pattern was made by a little insect--a leaf miner--havinglunch! It walks in a wiggly path as it eats the inside of the leaf!

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Check out these strange things on these leaves. What do youthink they are? Take a guess.

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These are called galls. Insects laid tiny eggs in these leaves, thenthe eggs made the leaves grow strange, colorful shapes (galls)!

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Watch as a person touches this plant! (Wait to see what happens!)How do you think folding up its leaves could help the plant?

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Some animals eat leaves. But when this plant “closes up,” it lookslike there are fewer yummy leaves to eat. The leaves reopen later!

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Most plants don’t seem to move at all. But if you fast forwardtime... check out how much these houseplants move during 1 day!

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  • Why do things look different in the dark?

    -Leighton, 1st Grade

  • Do all spiders make webs?

    -Wyatt, Kindergarten

  • Why do wolves howl at the Moon?

    -Charlotte, 4th Grade

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