Mountain life: How's the air up there?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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A Bumblebee Flyed In
Baxter and molly travel up the mountain to find out why it's so cold. The air is thinner up high, which means there's less oxygen in every breath. As the air gets thinner, we just beat our wings at a wider angle to stay afloat. Our bodies are specially designed to survive on thin air with low oxygen levels. If it's over seve eight degrees fahrenheit, we can die from overheating.
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