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Bluebag Media
Inclement weather
doesn’t deter Nature Day visitors
GREENVILLE – “There are more organisms in a teaspoon of soil than there
are people on earth.” That was just one of the fascinating facts
visitors to the Darke County Parks Nature Day learned April 25. They
also discovered soil is, in fact, a limited resource… “It takes 1,000
years to make one inch of soil, so think twice before polluting it.”
Approximately 200 visitors of all ages descended on Darke County Parks
April 25 to learn dozens of nature facts despite cold, drizzly –
sometimes rainy – weather. A dozen planned events, most of which were
normally held outside, were moved into Shawnee Prairie Center or the
Prairie House.
Some events required imagination. For instance the Barefoot Relay was
supposed to be held on the hill overlooking the Prairie House. The goal
was to go barefoot, get dirty and play outside. Youngsters still had
fun … trying the hula hoop and ‘scooting’ themselves across a carpet,
navigating orange cones. Volunteers had to explain to the kids why they
had to take their shoes off… “Imagine yourself outside and the feel of
grass between your toes.”
Visitors learned about the insect world. They discovered one out of
every four animals on earth is a beetle. Worker bees have to travel
55,000 miles and visit two million flowers to make a pound of honey. A
single worker bee visits 2,000 flowers a day, and in its lifetime, only
produces a tenth of a teaspoon of honey...
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