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Taiwan has its own butterfly. It's the purple crow butterfly. In sunlight, its color changes all the time. Japanese scientists call its changing color "magic light." 紫斑蝶是台灣特有的蝴蝶，翅膀會在陽光下變色，日本科學家稱這個現象為幻色。Click HERE for the full transcript!

In South America, a tree's roots grow above the ground. They look like octopus legs. Some people say the tree walks! Is that true?南美洲有一棵樹的樹根突出地面，像是章魚腳，甚至有人說它會走路!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Today is World Bicycle Day. What's that sound? That's right. It's a YouBike! It's a bike people can rent.世界腳踏車日就是今天! 一起租 YouBike 來騎吧 !Click HERE for the full transcript!

Everyone knows Earth has one moon. That's why it's called 'the moon'. It goes around our planet. People have gone to the moon in rockets. How do we know something is a moon? It goes around and around a planet or something that isn't a star.地球只有一個月亮，但只要不斷繞著行星，又不是星星的物體就叫月亮，所以外太空裡有很多顆。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Being out in the sun with friends feels good! Doing this when we're exercising, having fun, and helping others feels GREAT!在太陽下跟朋友玩很享受，如果可以同時運動跟幫助人，感覺更棒!Click HERE for the full transcript!

Blimps are airships. They look like whales in the sky! They're full of a gas. This gas is lighter than air. The gas makes blimps go up.飛船就是飛行的船，長得很像鯨魚，裡面充滿比空氣輕的氣體，所以可以升到空中。Click HERE for the full transcript!

A mom in Yunlin has a daughter. She took her daughter to the doctor. The doctor told the mom her daughter needed to eat many kinds of food. What if her daughter didn't want to? The doctor said the mom needed to find ways to get her daughter to eat them.雲林一個女孩長不高，醫生告訴媽媽，要讓她吃各式各樣的食物，媽媽該怎麼做呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

A young man from Japan visited Taiwan. He wanted to see Taiwan's beautiful scenery. He got on his bike. He wanted to ride all the way around Taiwan.一個日本年輕人想看台灣最美麗的風景，所以他跳上腳踏車，要繞台灣一圈。Click HERE for the full transcript!

Some of us talk to our plants. Did you know that plants talk, too? But they don't talk like we do. And we cannot hear them talk. So how do we know plants talk?你知道植物會說話嗎? 只是跟人類方式不同，我們也聽不到，那怎麼知道的呢?Click HERE for the full transcript!

What happens to old ships? Some become museums or hotels. Some are recycled. And some help ocean animals!不再使用的舊船要如何處理? 可以變成旅館或博物館，或是被回收，也許還能幫助海洋動物! Click HERE for the full transcript!