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Ready to get down into Earth’s history? Then round up some friends for a dramatic adventure. It’s a ready-to-perform play about visiting the canyon.


	WILD PONIES Horses have run wild on Assateague Island for hundreds of years. Each summer, cowboys round up the horses. Then the animals swim to nearby Chincoteague Island for the annual pony auction. Lots of people come to watch. In fact you might say the pony auction is the area’s mane attraction! Read this article >> Explore More Marguerite Henry, Misty of Chincoteague (various editions since 1947) Ronald R. Keiper, The Assateague Ponies (Tidewater, 1985) >>Pony Auction Gallop through brainbusters about Assateague ponies. >>PonyCam Trot over here for pictures from the July 2001 pony auction. >>Assateague Naturalist Learn about the ponies and their neighbors—elk, rabbits, egrets, wildflowers, and much more.


	A BEAR OF A JOB They earn a million bucks a year. They live in a posh new home. They make headlines across America. And they have a big job to do. “They” are giant pandas named Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. This dynamic duo has drawn millions of visitors to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Can the furry superstars also inspire people to save pandas in the wild? Read this article >> Explore More Heather Angel, Pandas (Voyageur, 1998) Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker, Smithsonian Book of Giant Pandas (Smithsonian, 2002) >>National Zoo: Giant Pandas Learn more about Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the zoo’s star animals. And see them for yourself on PandaCam! >>Meet the Pandas Tian Tian and Mei Xiang have an animated chat in this World Wildlife Fund cartoon. (Flash 5 required.) >>Creature Feature: Pandas Tune into a video showing how pandas use their “thumbs” to eat bamboo, see where pandas live, and more. >>San Diego Zoo: Panda Central Meet a trio of pandas—including Hua Mei, the only living panda born in the United States.