Giant art and rare queens
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This week we check out a new way for people to have offroad adventures in nature, go looking for one of the rarest flowers on the planet, learn about a new species of water lily that’s strong enough to hold a child, meet an artist who creates huge drawings with his feet! And, in our Wow of the Week, come face to face with a creature from the Ice Age! Quiz questions What equipment is being made available for people with disability to make nature more accessible? What is the name of the orchid that only blooms once every 7-10 years? Where are the giant water lilies researched and on display? What does artist Lowell Hunter use to draw his giant sand pictures? What was Nun cho ga? Bonus tricky question How many years ago did the baby woolly mammoth live?   Quiz answers Offroad wheelchairs (and mountain trikes) Queen of Sheba Kew Gardens in England His feet! A baby giant woolly mammoth   Bonus tricky answer About 30,000 years ago
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