FIFA World Cup- By Vivek Madasu

FIFA World Cup

Did you know that  the  FIFA World Cup was the most watched sport event in history? The World cup is an interesting event and I watched it this year. Let me share some facts about it.

The World cup is a soccer championship in which every country in the world plays. It is hosted every four years and it is hosted by a different country each time.The first World cup  was in Uruguay.The first World cup trophy shows FIFA president Jules Rimet on it. After Brazil took home the World cup in 1970, a new trophy was needed. An Italian sculptor named Silvio Gazzaniga created a new contemporary design but it featured “winged victory”. The country that won the most World cups  so far is Brazil.The country that won the first World cup was Uruguay. Some of the best  players ever to play  in the World cup are Pele of Brazil, Diego Maradona of Argentina, Zinedine Zidane of France, and Ronaldo of Brazil.

This year the World cup was in South Africa. It was the first World cup to be hosted by an African country.This year Spain were the victors, Holland (or the Netherlands) were the runners-up, Germany came in third place, and Uruguay came in fourth place.

I hope you learned a few facts about this soccer championship. Can you share some facts about another sporting event that you like?  

    

Meerkats- by Anish

Meerkats dens:by Anish

Do you know about Meerkats ? Well here is some interesting information about meerkats. After reading this you will really like meerkats.
Meerkats are small animals that dig a lot. They have dens under the ground. Meerkats live together in dens. They sometimes share the den with the yellow mongoose and the ground squirrel. Their dens have about 70 holes to enter from. that”s a lot of holes! they are  members of the mongoose family. A meerkat family could be called a clan,mob or gang. A big clan of meerkats are called super families with about 50 members,a regular group of meerkats  have about 20 members.They could live for 12 years to 14 years. In  Dutch,meerkat means lake cat. It’s also known as sun angel, so it is believed that they protect people from the werewolf which eats cattle and tribesman.They only weigh 731 grams! their belly is black so it can absorb heat in the morning  after a cold night so it won’t be cold. They’re about only 10 inches tall! Their claws are two inches long for digging an making their dens. Meerkats eat scorpions, worms, spiders, snakes, lizards, small mammals, plants, eggs and other stuff. When they eat animals with venom they don’t get hurt.They could have 5-6 pups in one litter,but 3 is the most common amount of pups in a litter.
Have you seen and fed meerkats in a zoo?

(Cool pictures coming soon!)- Ms. R