Specials
Dog of the issue
So it seems like you guys certainly want to know more about Sophie, my dog. Well then this section you’ll get a hang of how Sophie’s life is. To begin with Sophie was born on December 1st , 2018 and we (my family) had first met her on January 26 (yes I know she shares the same date of the adoption anniversary and Republic Day) as she came into are house she explored all of the places and was very pleased about this home.(Fun fact: because I was so excited I woke up at 4:00 in the morning to play with her.) Here is how she looked when she was small-
So anyways this was the first time my parents had a dog at our home.(RIP Ruby)So this was very new for us and we did not no anything about managing a dog, so I guess this was a new experience for us as well. Fast forward a few months Sophie was now used to this home and after a few months we hard her very first bark.(I remember it like it was three and a half years ago)You know the excitement you get when something amazing just happened, well that’s what I was feeling, and boy do I like that feeling. And just like that new things just kept on coming for Sophie soon enough she was jumping on sofa’s (and me) all over the place. I was very happy with her, here’s a Short funny video of sophie. Anyways after a few months she was 1 year. Yaaaaay! After one year we were starting to notice the physical change in her and realised, that she was growing, and growing and growing and growing and yeah. You get the point. After a few months Sophie was becoming big, so big that I couldn’t carry her. This was her large, large growth spurt(one that I still need) and she was getting faster, stronger, and larger. So this was the year of growth which had no use because of covid! (Bad covid)This was how she was after 2 years of growth
. Then suddenly, !shazam! Her third year began. Not a lot let me think so it was her third year hmmm, oh yeah this was the year she traveled a lot and went to my hometown, Palakkad (a small town in kerala) and we explored so many places and we even went to other places like Ooty a hill station. Wanna see a picture?
(I know it doesn’t look she’s in Ooty but you’re just gonna have to trust me on this.) I’m gonna be honest nothing much happened this year except that offline school had started again now Sophie was gonna have to get used not seeing me have the day and well for the first few days she was a bit confused but soon she was back to normal. But as Sophie grew so did we, and so did my brother. Year 2022. If you didn’t know I have a brother who well was about to go to college at the time and when he did Sophie was devastated she mourned for days and was so sad she could barely eat. This year was probably the saddest of all for Sophie. Oh yeah a bunch of other stuff happened too like umm umm yeah I got nothing. ( I have a bad memory, okay.) And then something amazing happened something that Sophie did not expect. Nakul (my brother)came back for vacation! It was 2023 and my brother had come back for a vacation back to India and was staying for a long time and well the rest is history- I mean present-. If you’re wondering my brother has gone back but this time Sophie was ready she knew she was feeling immense despair but she will push through it and I will be with her all the way. Sophie will return. As a dog of the issue. Poll thingy. Oh yeah almost forgot Click this to see a suprise.
Joke of the issue:
What do you have to be careful of when it rains cats and dogs?
Stepping on a poodle!
Animal and plant/tree of the issue
Tardigrade-Animal of the issue
Introduction- The amazing Tardigrade, a small animal, less than 0.1 cm(0.1 mm to 1.5 mm), also called the ‘Water bear’ is an eight legged micro-animal.
Habitat and ‘Tun’
Tardigrades have a unique feature to go into ‘tun’ reducing the body metabolism and helps them survive extremely cold temperatures. In fact, they are the first known animal to be able to survive in outer space. Yes that’s right they are so impenetrable that they can survive in space without getting harmed(Who knows? They could be from another planet?) . There are over 1,100 species of Tardigrades. Tardigrades genuinely live in moist or damp areas(Near creaks, swamps etc.) They can also live underwater. They can survive all around the world(Yes, even Antarctica), due to their amazing ability of surviving in cold habitats. I know what you’re thinking “just because they can survive only cold environments doesn’t mean they’re invincible”. Well I’ll have you know that surviving cold places is not the only trick up their sleeve. They can survive for a few minutes at 151 Celsius degrees hot. So yeah pretty weak. And guess what not only can they handle extreme temperatures but they can also handle… radiation. THIS ANIMAL IS INVINCIBLE. So I guess now we know how it can survive space. Let see extreme pressure, extreme temperatures, radiation, I could go on and on but
More
Tardigrades live for about 3 years. They are aquatic animals, they can be found between grains of sand, clenched in algae and so on……
Fact file: They usually live in moss carpets or in pieces in moss so they can eat wherever they want and if they’re in danger they can just go into survival mode which makes them tough and impenetrable.
Lifespan: Roughly 3 years Habitat: Diet: Size: Predators:
Going further:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/tardigrade
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/tardigrade
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/tardigrades
Plant of the issue-Kachnar!
Fact file:
Size: 10 m family:pea Sub-family: cassia Bark: Darkish brown with black and scaly patches flowers: 5 petals fruit: 30 cm flat pod
Mostly found in Delhi, mostly gardens also on the streets. Their leaves shed in March, fully gone by late April. Their leaves will come back around May-June. Soon, in January flowers will start growing! They mostly grow around March and end latest by April. Soon fruits come and start realising seeds by late May.
The leaves of a kachnar reach about 15 cm. Often confused with other baunhinias, these amazing deciduous trees are found in dry forests.
Message from the desk!
Dear readers,
I hope you are enjoying the issue so far! You may have realised the issue is a little shorter than usual, and that’s because of less time free. But don’t worry, we will still try and make our monthly reports better and better!
If you are enjoying, why not share it with someone else, who may enjoy it too? And don’t forget to subscribe!
I would also like to give a special thanks to Dev, because he wrote and amazing article about Sophie, and has helped me a lot in this newsletter!
If you have any feedback, feel free to comment!
Regards,
Anirudh, founder of NPRO
Here’s a message from Dev!:
Hello. I am dev and also I just wanted to let you know that I will probably be featured more in the NPRO newsletter and I’ll be able to help Anirudh with the newsletter and the details so basically what I’m trying to notice is that IamDev and I will help a lot another thing you will notice is that I will continue to fill in with some useless information so there might be a new segment called “Dev’s useless information thingy”. So yeah. Also I am Dev.
P.s I am The true DeV
Animals today+Comics and more!
Comic:
The 30 day challenge!
Rules: Refer to the poster and do 1 challenge every day until all the tasks are complete(30 days)
For instance, on day one the challenge is ‘Don’t use plastic!’ Then day 2 ‘Issue a book from a nearby library or a borrow a book from a friend!’ And so on until day 30, ‘Plant 30 trees or plants’
The chart showing the challenges is below:
Good luck!
Unscramble the words:
Ptos suing lptaics
Lehp loths sebra
Limatec anghec
Answers in the next issue!
Written and edited by Anirudh and Dev
Posters by Anirudh
Made by NPRO
Enjoyed reading this issue. Very informative and good content on Tardigrades. Article on Sophie very cute 😊Anirudh’s 30 day plan is very actionable. Well done Anirudh and Dev look forward to the next issue !
Very nice issue, Anirudh and Dev.
I loved reading about Sophie. And I had no idea about Tardigrades.
Very nice poster!