Natural History Museum under the Sun! Why are Plants Green? How much Bamboo can a Giant Panda eat? Is Dippy the Diplodocus a Boy or a Girl?

Hello and welcome to 47th episode of Everything Under the Sun. This week’s show is made with support from the Natural History Museum in London. They have a magazine called Wild World for children who are members of the museum.  In this magazine they recently ran a competition for two readers to win the chance to have their question answered on Everything Under The Sun and to be part of the Everything Under The Sun book, which will be out in shops in September 2020.  The winners are on this week’s show! Their names are Gibran and Logan.  Gibran’s question is why are plants green?  And its answered by Dr Sandra Knapp, Head of Algae, Fungi and Plants Division at the Natural History Museum in London.  Logan would like to know how much bamboo can a Giant Panda eat?    Then William asks whether Dippy the diplodocus who once stood in the main hall of the museum is a boy or a girl?  PLUS we have a brilliant competition to win tickets to go ice-skating at the Natural History Museum in London! They have a beautiful ice rink and it’s one of the best places to go for a family Christmas trip.  We have a set of family tickets to give away... So get your skates on and get listening to the podcast to win a family set of tickets to skate!  Enjoy the show, thanks for listening and do tell all your friends to listen for their chance to skate! The show’s website for more info is www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk and Molly’s website is mollyoldfield.com Instagram: @mollyoldfieldwrites Twitter: @mollyoldfield Natural History Museum twitter: @NHM_London For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!